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Catalogue of British Columbia Birds by Francis Kermode
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210. Western Nighthawk.

_Chordeiles virginianus henryi_ (Cass.).

A summer resident west of Cascade Mountains. Abundant on Vancouver
Island.


Family MICROPODIDAE. Swifts.

CYPSELOIDES Streubel.

211. Black Swift.

_Cypseloides niger borealis_ (Ridgw.).

Common near Victoria during migration. Rev. J. H. Keen says only pass
over at Metlakatla. Said to breed in mountains back of Chilliwhack and
in the neighbourhood of Comox. (_Fannin_.) Taken at Chilliwhack
and Okanagan. (_Brooks_.)

CHAETURA Stephens.

212. Vaux's Swift.

_Chaetura vauxii_ (Towns.).

A summer resident on Vancouver Island and Mainland. I found it very
common near Sicamous, May 28th, 1895.

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