Queen Charlotte Islands; not uncommon at Skidegate, August, 1895.
PERISOREUS Bonaparte.
234. Rocky Mountain Jay.
_Perisoreus canadensis capitalis_ (Ridgw.).
East of Cascade Mountains. Taken at Okanagan and in the Caribou District by A. C. Brooks.
235. Oregon Jay.
_Perisoreus obscurus_ (Ridgw.).
An abundant resident west of Cascades, on the Mainland, but not so numerous on Vancouver Island.
236. Gray Jay.
_Perisoreus obscurus griseus_ (Ridgw.).
California to British Columbia, east of the Coast and Cascade Ranges.
(_Ridgway_.)
CORVUS Linnaeus.
237. Northern Raven.
_Corvus corax princ.i.p.alis_ (Ridgw.).
A resident throughout the Province; more common on the Coast. I have seen it quite common at Clayoquot, V. I., and in August, 1895, it was very common at Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. Common at Metlakatla.
(_Rev. J. H. Keen_.)
238. American Crow.
_Corvus brachyrhynchos_ (Brehm.)
Common east of Coast Range; common at Sicamous, May, 1895. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan.
239. Northwest Crow.
_Corvus caurinus_ (Baird).
An abundant resident west of Cascade Mountains, on Mainland and Vancouver Island, and fairly common at Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands, July, 1895.
NUCIFRAGA Brisson.
240. Clarke"s Nutcracker.
_Nucifraga columbiana_ (Wils.).
A common resident on the Mainland, chiefly east of the Coast Range.
Rare on Vancouver Island.
CYANOCEPHALUS Bonaparte.
241. Blue Crow. Pinon Jay.
_Cyanocephalus cyanocephalus_ (Wied.).
Rocky Mountain region to the Pacific Coast Ranges, but rather more southerly; north to British Columbia; south to Lower California.--"Key to N. A. Birds (Coues), Fifth Edition."
Family ICTERIDae. Blackbirds, Orioles, Etc.
DOLICHONYX Swainson.
242. Bobolink.
_Dolichonyx oryzivorus_ (Linn.)
East and west of Cascade Mountains. Taken at Chilliwhack by A. C.
Brooks.
MOLOTHRUS Swainson.
243. Cowbird.
_Molothrus ater_ (Bodd.).
A summer resident. I have found it fairly common in the neighbourhood of Ducks, on C. P. R., and Okanagan. It is a rare straggler on Vancouver Island; it has been taken near Victoria. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack. Rev. J. H. Keen reports it rare at Metlakatla.
XANTHOCEPHALUS Bonaparte.
244. Yellow-headed Blackbird.
_Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus_ (Bonap.).
A rare summer resident on the Mainland. I have heard of it at Vernon.
Fannin has found it above Clinton, on the Cariboo Road. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack.
AGELAIUS Vieillot.
245. San Diego Redwing.
_Agelaius phoeniceus neutralis_ (Ridgw.).
Breeding range north, to eastern British Columbia. (_Ridgway_.) East of Cascades I found this form quite common near Vernon, June, 1895.
246. Northwestern Red-wing.