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.