Checklist of British Columbia Birds

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgements xiii
6. Introduction
7. General Introduction 3
8. Ornithological History 15
9. The Environment* 55
10. Taxonomy 145
11. Methods, Terms, and Abbreviations 146
12. Species Accounts
13. Checklist of British Columbia Birds 155
14. Regular Species 157
15. Casual, Accidental, Extirpated, and Extinct Species 373
16. Hypothetical Species 389
17. Appendices
18. Migration Chronology 395
19. Summary of Christmas Bird Counts in British Columbia: 1957 through 1984 403
20. Contributors 441
21. References Cited 459
22. Addenda 507
23. Index 509
24. About the Authors 513