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Catalogue of British Columbia Birds.
The present list is intended to include all birds which have been sofar proven to occur in British Columbia.
I am fully aware of its incompleteness, and very much regret much ofits lack of more definite information regarding the distribution ofcertain species, and with regard to that portion of the Province innorth and northeastern interior, which, I have no doubt, is a valuablefield for work.
Since the publication of the list of British Columbia birds in 1898 bythe late John Fannin, which contained 339 species and sub-species, andwith the information to hand, enables me to add to this 24.
I wish to extend my thanks especially to the following constantobservers for more or less extended local lists, notes andspecimens:—A. C. Brooks, Chilliwhack, Okanagan and Cariboo; Rev.J. H. Keen, Queen Charlotte Islands and Metlakatla; Thos. Kermode,William Head Quarantine Station; E. P. Venables, Yernon; Chas. deBlois Green, Fairview and Keremeos.
I have also obtained valuable information from the check-listpublished by the late John Fannin.
FRANCIS KERMODE,
Curator Provincial Museum.
Victoria, B. C., August, 1904.
Order PYGOPODES. Diving birds.
Family PODICIPEDIDÆ. Grebes.
ÆCHMOPHORUS Coues.
1. Western Grebe.
Æchmophorus occidentalis (Lawr.).
A common winter resident along the coast of Vancouver Island and
Mainland. Mr. Brooks says a few remain all winter at Okanagan Lake.
COLYMBUS Linnæus.
2. American Red-necked Grebe. "Holboell's Grebe."
Colymbus holboelli (Reinh.).
A common winter resident along the coast of Vancouver Island and
Mainland. Winter resident on Okanagan Lake. (Brooks.) Not common at
Metlakatla. (Rev. J. H. Keen.) Breeds on many of the lakes along the
Cariboo Road above Clinton. (Fannin.)
3. Horned Grebe.
Colymbus auritus (Linn.).
A common winter resident on the coast, and very common in the straits
near Victoria, in April. Brooks reports it at Okanagan Lake all winter.
Breeds on the lakes from Okanagan to Dense Lake. (Fannin.) Rare at
Metlakatla. (Rev. J. H. Keen.)
4. American Eared Grebe.
Colymbus nigricollis californicus (Heerm.).
Taken at Kamloops, June, 1889. (Spreadborough.) Found breeding onlakes at Kamloops; Catalogue of Canadian Birds. (Macoun.)
PODILYMBUS Lesson.
5. Pied-billed Grebe.
Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.).
Common resident on Vancouver Island; it breeds on lakes close toVictoria. Common resident on Island and Mainland; breeds throughoutits range. (Fannin.)
Family GAVIIDÆ Loons.
GAVIA Forster.
6. Great Northern Diver. Loon.
Gavia imber (Gunn.).
Common resident throughout the Province; breeds on Vancouver Islandand Mainland.
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