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but differed sufficiently to rouse a slight doubt as to its identity. It was shorter and of 

 different quality, at times suggesting the laugh of the Loon but shorter and softened. 

 Probabilities refer it to kennicotti. 



24. Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. Very common along all shores. 



25. Dryobates viliosus. Hairy Woodpecker. This species was identified by its 

 notes once or twice, but the bird could not be seen. 



26. Phloeotomus pileatus. Pileated Woodpecker. Heard several times and seen 

 cnce in heavy timber adjoining the village. 



27. Colaptes auratus (sp?). Flicker. Heard in the distance several times about 

 the village but not seen. 



28. Selasphorus rufu?. Rufous Hummingbird. Common about the flowers in the 

 small gardens in the village. 



29. Cyanocitta stelleri. Steller Jay. Common in the slashings near the mouth of 

 the Nimkish, and seen several times in the deep woods along the railroad to Nimkish 

 River. All taken are stelleri, but the black on the back is sootier than is shown by our 

 other specimens from farther south on the island. 



30. Perisoreus canadensis. Canada Jay. Said to be common at higher elevations 

 in adjoining parts of Vancouver Island, but not seen personally. P. c. obscurus seems to 

 be the form occuring on the island farther south. 



31. Corvus corax. Raven. Said to occur rather commonly. Several times I 

 thought I heard its hoarse voice but could not locate the croaker. 



32. Corvus caurinus. North west Crow. Very common along all shores. The 

 Crows and the tide perform the office of garbage collector at Alert Bay. Practically all 

 the household refuse is thrown on the beach. The crows are absurdly tame and shortly 

 the little they leave is washed away by the incoming and retreating tide. 



33. Agelaius phoeniceus. Red-winged Blackbird. I heard circumstantial accounts 

 of this bird's occurrence on Nimkish Lake, though on my short visit there I did not dis- 

 cover it. 



34. Melospiza melodia. Song Sparrow. The only sparrow seen and not very 

 common or so retiring in the molting season as to be seldom seen. They inhabited the 

 densest tangles in the slashings and could rarely be induced to come out where there was 

 a chance of finding them after shooting. Three juveniles were secured. In spite of their 

 ragged and juvenile condition I refer them to rufina. 



35. Swallows. No swallows of any species were seen, though all the residents 

 spoke of them nesting about their sheds and buildings. In the face of a nearby clay cliff 

 I noted a number of holes that looked like the work of Bank Swallows. 



36. Bombycilla cedrorum. Cedar Waxwing. One specimen taken on top of the 

 ridge behind the village. 



37. Nannus hiemalis. Winter Wren. Fairly common in the densest brush but 

 so retiring as to be seldom seen, and when shot almost impossible to find. Only one 

 was secured, a richly colored red bird that I refer to pacificus. 



38. Penthestes rufescens. Chestnut-backed Chickadee. The commonest land 

 bird present. Parties of from four to ten were seen almost everywhere, from the dense 

 shade of the logging road to Nimkish Lake to the open sunlight of the burnt ridge tops. 



39. Regulus (sp?). Kinglet. A few seen in the high tree tops, but too far up 

 and in too poor light for identification. Individuals that momentarily dropped low 

 enough were shot, but invariably caught in the spreading fronds of the evergreen 

 branches and could not be retrieved. 



40. Planesticus migratorius. Robin. Several seen about the village. 

 Geological Survey, Ottawa, Canada, April 5, 1918. 



