Preconfederation Ornithology

As the Provinces of British Columbia and Manitoba now form part of the Dominion of Canada, I append a classified catalogue of those birds whose migrations extend from South America, California, and the Great Plains, to British Columbia and Manitoba, not including those already mentioned in the body of this work, whose migrations extend eastward from the above Provinces.

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RAPTORES, or BIRDS OF PREY.

• Falco vulgaris --- Common Buzzard.
• Stix cunicularia --- Burrowing Owl.
•     " passerinoides --- Columbia Day Owl.

INSESSORES, or PERCHERS.

• Hirundo thallasima --- Violet-green Swallow.
• Musicicapce verticalis --- Arkansas Plycatcher.
•     " nigricans --- Rocky Mountain Flycatcher.
•     " Phoebe --- Short-legged Pewit.

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• Musicicapce Trailli --- Traill's Flycatcher.
•     " pusilla --- Least Pewee.
• Ptilogonys Townsendi --- Townsend's Ptilogonys.
• Turdus ncevius --- Varied Thrush.
•     " nanus --- Dwarf Thrush.
•     " montanus --- Mountain Mocking Bird.
• Cinclus americanus --- American Dipper.
• Sylviae Audubonii --- Audubon's Warbler.
•     " Townsendii --- Townsend's Warbler.
•     " occidentals --- Hermit Warbler.
• Troglodytes obsoletus --- Rock Wren.
•     " Parkmanii --- Parkman's Wren
• Sialia occidentals --- Western Blue Bird.
•     " arctica --- Arctic Blue Bird.
• Pans minimis --- Chestnut-crowned Tit.
•     " Hudsonicus --- Hudson's Bay Tit.
• Fringilla Townsendii --- Townsend's Finch.
•     " cinera--- Brown Finch.
•     " Mortonii --- Morton's Finch.
•     " Oregonii --- -Oregon Snow Bird.
•     " frontalis --- Crimson-fronted Finch.
•     " bcphrocotis --- Gray-crowned Finch.
• Enteriza pallida--- Clay-colored Bunting.
•     " lapponica --- Lapland Lark Bunting.
•     " ornata --- Chestnut-colored Lark Bunting.
• Spiza amoena --- Lazuli Painted Bunting.
• Carduclis psalteri --- Arkansas Goldfinch.
• Pipilo arcticus --- Arctic Ground Finch.

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• Corydalina tricolor --- Prairie Lark Finch.
• Coccothraustes melanocephalus --- Black-headed Grosbeak.
•     " vesper tina --- Evening Grosbeak.
•     " coerulea --- Blue Grosbeak.
• Icterus Bullockii --- Bullock's Hangnest.
•     " xanthrocephalus --- Saffron-headed Blackbird.
• Corvus Nuttallii--- Yellow-billed Magpie.
•     " Bullockii --- Columbian Magpie.
• Garndus Stelleri. --- Steller's Jay.
•     " ultramarinus. --- Ultramarine Jay.
• Trochilus Anna --- Anna Humming Bird.
•     " rufus --- Rufous-ruffed Humming Bird.

SCANSORES, or CLIMBERS.

• Picus Imeatus --- Lineated Woodpecker.
•     " canadensis --- Canadian Woodpecker.
•     " Harrissii --- Harris's Woodpecker.
•     " Gardnerii --- Gardner's Woodpecker.
•     " arcticus --- Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker.
•     " mexicans --- Red-shafted Woodpecker.

RASORES, OR SCRATCHERS.

• Tetrao leucurus --- White-tailed Ptarmigan.
•     " rupestris --- Rock Ptarmigan.
•     " mutus- --- American Ptarmigan.
•     " Phasianellus --- Sharp-tailed Grouse.

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• Tetrao urophasianus --- Cock of the Plains.
•     " obscuras --- Dusky Grouse.
• Ortyx plumifera --- Plumed Partridge.
• Columba fasciata --- Band-tailed Pigeon.

GRALLATORES, or WADERS.

• Scollopax Drummondii --- Drummond's Snipe.
• Hcematopus Townsendii --- T ownsend's Oystercatcher.
• Aphriza Townsendii --- Townsend's Surf Bird.
• Charadrius montanns --- Rocky Mountain Plover.

NATTATORES, or SWIMMERS.

• Uria Townsendii- --- Slender-billed Guillemot.
•     " occidentals --- Horn-billed Guillemot.
•     " antiqna --- Black-throated Guiljemot.
• Phaleris nodirostris --- Knob-billed Phaleris.
•     " cristaletta --- Curled-crested Phaleris.
• Procellaria tenuirstris --- Slender-billed Fulmar.
•     " pacifica --- Pacific Fulmar.
•     " gigantica --- Gigantic Fulmar.
• Diomeda fusca --- Dusky Albatross.
•     " chlorrorhynchus --- Yellow-nosed Albatross.
• Phalacrocorax resplendens --- Violet-green Cormorant.
•     " Townsendii --- Townsend's Cormorant.
• Fuligula despar --- Western Duck.
• Anser Hntchinsii --- Hutchin's Goose,