PROVINOE OF BRITISH C OLUMBIA

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REPORT

OF THE

PROVINCIAL MUSEUM

NATURAL H I STORY

FOR THE YEAR 1 9 80

PRINT ED BY AU OR Y OF T E E E A EMB TH IT H L GISLATIV SS LY.

VICT O RIA , B . C ’ Prin t d b CHARLES F . BANF ELD n n l l e y I , Pri ter to t he Ki g s Mos t Exce en t Ma'es ty .

X To His Hon our JAMES ALE ANDER MACDONALD ,

' itis mbi Admin istrator of the Provin ce of Br h Colu a.

MAY I T PLEASE YOUR HONOUR

The un dersign ed respectfully submits herewith the An n ual Report of the Provincial Museum

of Natural Hist o ry for the year 1930 . Y W “ SAMUEL L NE S S HO E ,

Provin cial S ecretary . ’ Provin cial S ecretary s 0 1720 6,

a 1 31 Victori , B . O March 2 6th, 9 . PROVINCI U SEUM or TUR I S TORY AL M NA AL H , O 2 h 1 VICT RIA, March 6t , 193 L H The Hono urable S . owe,

t r i t Pro vin cial S ecre a y , V c oria, B 0 .

IR — P S , I have the honour, as Director of the rovincial Museum of Natural History , to lay

before you the Report for the year ended December 31st , 1930 , covering the activities of the Museum

I have the honour to be,

Sir ,

Your obedient servant ,

FRANCI S KERMODE ,

Dir ector T TABLE OF CONTEN S .

Stafi of the Museum

Admission

V1S1tors

ActIVItl es

o o Archmolo Anthr p logy and gy ,

Palaeontology

Botany . . Amphibians Ichthyology Entomology

Marine Z oology

Oology Mammalogy

Publications received from other Museums

Accessions . . DEPARTMENT of ' the PROVINCIAL ECRET RY S A .

h T e Honourable S L HOWE, Minister

P . DE NOE WALKER , Deputy Min ister

PROVINCIAL MU SEUM OF NATU RAL HI STORY

S tafi '

FRANCIS KERM ODE, Director

WILLIAM A NEWCOMBE, Assistan t Biologist NANCY STARK , Reco rder.

at E JOHN F CLARKE, Associate Cur or of n tomology

FRANK J, RIS SER, Atten dan t LATE I P .

REPORT of the PROVINCIAL MUSEUM OFNATURAL HISTORY F R HE YEAR O T 1930.

Y K M D B FRANCIS ER O E, DIRECTOR .

O BJE CT S .

c . ( ) To secure and preserve Specimens illustrating the natural history of the Province .

b . m ( ) To collect anthropological aterial relating to the aboriginal races of the Province . c n ( . ) To obtain i formation respecting the natural sciences , relating particularly to the t d ff m natural his ory of the Province, an di use knowledge regarding the sa e .

ADMI S SION .

u um c m The Provincial M se is open , free, to the publi daily throughou t the year from 9 a . ’ 5 . m to p . ( except New Year s Day , Good Friday , and Christmas Day ) ; _it is also open on m ' m Sunday afternoons from 1 p . . to 5 p . from May 1st until the end of October .

VI SITOR S .

The following figures Show the difference between those who registered and those who were checked by the attendants . While only people registered; the total of the check was h k Regist ered. C ec ed .

1 , O86

92 4 7 2 6

Totals

ACTIVITIE S .

' In comparing our atten dan ce records with those of the previou s year a slight decrease will be noted , which is accounted for by the decided decline in the number of tourists visiting Victoria in the summer of 1930 the balance of the year comparing very favourably with that of recent years . m m sa u . However, I a pleased to y the sa e interest o r even more is taken by st dents

- Normal School continues to use the collections extensively in their natural history S tudies , and many of the teachers of the public and private schools in Victoria and surrounding municipali

“ ties have made u se of the Museum when giving lessons on the Fauna and Flo ra of British x n Columbia . Many of the boys of the newsboy e cursio s to Victoria from th e Mainland and

' “ in a Puget Sound cities also appeared to find a great deal to terest th ern in the Museum , s did the students of the University of Oregon Summer School , who again visited u s on their way to

Alaska .

Although no field parties were sent out , our accession lists Show many valuable additions a m to the collections , for which I have to th nk our any contributors not only for their dona tions , but also for a great deal of valuable information .

“ The Director made a special trip north during August and arranged with M r . Monroe , P D ’ Government Agent at rince Rupert , to have the late r. Hyde s anthropological collection shipped to Victoria for examination and preservation until such time as final disposition is made of the estate . C 8 BRITI SH COLUMBIA .

n Correspondence with nature students in ma y parts of the Province has increased steadily, which with that to other natural - history institutions occupies a great deal of the time of our

small staff . Owing to the many inquiries we receive for information On the totem poles of the Province a short paper is included in the report The authority for the information is taken from ” - references in Logs an d Journals of the early fur traders on the Coast , and from that to . b e

’ noted in the first photographs of the various villages , t ogeth er with the observations made by

- the author at many of the Old village sites . The illustrations showing where possible Provincial

Museum specimens in their original settings are, unless otherwise stated , from photographs

' ‘ ’ F h e h r a e r Dr. C . . W o t e e t Of taken by the late Newcombe , coll cted g portion the Museum s anthropological material .

n Professor Harold St . John , formerly of State College of Washington, at prese t with the

- Botanical Department of th e University of Hawaii, Honolulu , wh o for many years has been of great assistance to us with our botanical problems , has contributed a paper on the genus

’ ‘ h Olsyn ium of the Iris family , in w ich h e includes a species new to Canada collected by

W . B . Anderson .

' F l i n I W . . . In con c u s o , ant to express my sincere thanks to Mr J Clarke for the special visit he made to Victoria to assist us with our entomological material and to the scientists of many institutions to whom w e have had occasion t o send specimens for determination .

On occasions it having been found necessary to have extra guards placed in the building , ' m I wish to exp re SS my thanks to Inspector Parsons , of the B ritish Colu bia Police , for placing men at our disposal

BRITISH COLUMB IA TOTEM POLE S .

EW RE A. N C M . BY W . O

The Provincial Museum collection of totem poles represents types from all the ling uistic groups of British Columbia Indians , with the exception of a specimen from the Tsimshian . The “ ca rvings known as totem poles were made from solid logs of red cedar ( Thu y a plicata ) with the carved surfaces painted in native colours , chiefly red, black , and green in the older specimens ; the balance of the post showing no other treatment than the necessary adzing to trim of rough surfaces ; though many of the northern poles were hollowed at the back to make them easier to handle . ' ” : Totem poles have been grouped into the following classes The Memorial , a crest pole

' H erected by the heirs of the deceased ; the chief type of the Tsimshian . Among the aida , ” though they had many of this kind , the house frontal poles were found in greater numbers ; A 2 b 3 the carvings either denoting crests or characters in stories . hole about y feet was A H w as often made at the base which served as the only entrance to the house . aida custom “ 4 aIso the use of Mortuary poles these were solid logs sometimes over feet in diameter ,

ffi . W about 30 feet high . At the top , in front , a section was removed to receive the co n ide horizontal boards , often c arved , were fastened over this opening . Crests of the deceased were A in side h ou se ; the carvings represented . fourth group , the carved supports these , together m with various forms of grave figures ( often called totem poles ) , were formerly used over a uch greater area than the memorial and house frontal poles .

- L The inside house poles were found in most of the Coast villages from Victoria , B C , to ynn

A . Canal , laska In the north many were elaborately carved with the crests of the owner , o r m occasionally illustrated legends . A ong the Kwakiutl they were heraldic, referring to the tra

- dition s of the house owner ; those of the S alish and Nootkan , i f carved at all , represented an event that had happened to the owner .

' The grave figures have been noted from W ashin gton S tate to the Yukon , those used by the Interior Salish and Dene as well as the Coast Salish generally taking a human form ; though among the northern coast tribes large carvings of animals or birds served the same purpose .

' ' ' s m OIes m W e have no definite data on the origin of this peculiar cu to of carving p , but fro ' what little information we have been able to secure it appears to have spread both north and

' south from the northern boundary of the British Columbia Coast . It is open to argument as to

s. B whether the Haida or Nis rae ( Nass River , Tsimshian ) were the founder Captain artlett, ” who visited Langara Island , Q . C . I in 17 90, gives the first illustration of a house frontal pole , ’ though they had been reported here by one of Meares s captains ( Captain Douglas ) the yea r before . PLATE I I .

LAT I I P E I .

M I IN SIDE POLE FRO S KIDEGATE, Q . C . .

1930 REPORT OE PROVINCIAL MU SEUM , . C 9

’ h h Ou A volume of Captain Cook s third v oyage, 17 7 8 , as an illustration of a se interior at For Nootka , which gives our first record of an inside pole . the antiquity of the custom of i making memo rial columns and mortuary poles we have to rely on Indian tradition , an u ns at s

- factory method , as the North west Indians appear to have had no reliable way of recording

- time . Captain Marchand , in a French vessel , visited the north west coast of Queen Charlotte 17 91 P Islands in , and one of his, boat parties noted grave carvings on a small island in arry

Passage . Captain Vancouver , who surveyed the mainland coast from Juan de Fuca S trait north ward to Alaska , first came across what were apparently small totem poles in Johnson Channel , ’ i h sl k not far from the present Ocean Falls , but one of the illustrations made n _17 93 , of C e a ee s a Nim kish vill ge at the mouth of the p , shows the maj ority of the houses with totemic designs . painted on the front . It has been stated as evidence that the Haida and other outlying tribes

- did not have totem poles until after the advent of fur trading on the coast , because no mention of them is made in the various published works of these voyages ; but it should be understood d that these captains , not knowing the waters and being afraid of Indian treachery , remaine well ofish ore , doing their trading under sail . I have no doubt though that the iron secured by these natives in return for sea -otter skins i l ' - c greatly reduced the cost of manufacturing poles , making it p oss b e for the lesser hiefs and the more wealthy individuals of the various villages to imitate the custom of their superiors . 1 Our first definite information on this point is found in a Roquefeuil entry of. 18 8, when visiting

“ ' Masset , where he states : the houses were particularly remarkable for the monstrous and colossal figures which decorate the h ou ses of the principal - inhabitants and the wide gaping m A W r e . ouths of hich se v as a door somewhat similar expression is used by Jonathan Green , m 1 2 an American issionary , who visited S kidegate in 8 9 . The carving and erecting such a group of poles would have been spread over a number of years , a s the cost . of one w as not only its -

- manufacture and setting up , but at each of the different stages of pr ogress was accompanied ” by various ceremonies , in the nature of potlatches , which would have impoverished , for the time being , not only the owner but all his immediate relatives as well , with the idea of making a greater display of wealth than some rival for tribal honours .

If accepting this theory , one could safely say that the use of totem poles was a well established custom among the Haida by 1800 .

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Unfortunately we have no similar evidence to support the traditions of th e Tsimshian . The Of i B k Ki k l s m inhabitants the slands adjacent to anks Island , now nown as the t at a , but for erly “ as S eb assas , were frequently visited by early traders , but no evidence of totem poles has i an — come to l ght for this area , in the logs d j ournals that have been publ ished the old Nisrae

( Nass ) villages were situated ab ove _tidal waters of the Nass River, vessels trading with these

‘ n h m m Indians having to a c or any iles from the nearest settlements . This tribe was considered

' the wealthiest on th e n orth - west coast on account of the great supply of oolachan - oil made each year on the river . This Oil was traded not only with the adjacent Coast tribes for canoes , sea foods , etc . , but also to the Skeena Tsimshian and Dene for moose and caribou hides ,

' v egetable foods , etc . Though I agree with the signs of affluence found in this locality , I am not s atisfied with the theory that the Nass Indians were the originators of the totem pole . The only illustrated evidence we have both from here and the Skeena River villages is of quite

. e Sh ow recent date Thes photographs all poles with carving similar to that found . on their ‘ masks and ceremonial objects , not the bold distinctive type , that the . Haida only used on totems and other objects to be seen at a distance , as if the Haida realized that the fine, detailed carving which they used on the household utensils and ceremonial O bjects was n ot suitable for outside i work , being undistinguishable at a very sh ort distan ce . This theory would lead one to cons der that the Tsimshian tribes had only recently adopted the large memorial pole, and that their carvers had not developed a type of carving , in which the characters could be read on approach in a u g the vill ge , when the c stom was abandoned.

I am often asked by visitors if th e totem pole was uSed as an idol . In the numerous articles published on these objects , as well as many manuscript notes I h ave been able to read ,

I can find no reference to any form of idolatry in connection with them .

The main object for the erecting of the various types of totemo pol es was for the display of wealth with the idea of shaming a rival , or a memorial or mortuary pole in memory of a leading L a member of the t ribe . ittle value appears to be placed on it after the passing of the gener tion in which it was erected , if one judges by the condition of the poles in the old villages an d the w number that have been used for fire ood or other purposes about the village . 1 C 0 B RITI SH COLUMBIA .

The accompanying illustrations are inserted with the hope that the foregoing article may be

made more intelligible . Where possible , I have used photographs showing the Provincial

Museum specimens in their original locations . The descriptions being as follows

. S 187 8 . Plate I kidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands , The photograph taken b y Dr. G . M . Dawson only takes in the eastern half of v _ the illage , but gives one a very good idea of the e H . th a appearance of an old aida village In second house from the left, m rked with a cross ,

- P . the inside poles ( illustrated in late III ) supported the main beam of the gable roof . -

P . Fi . 1 late II , g . Tanu , Queen Charlotte Islands . The two poles on the right of the photo

' : H m are ouse frontal ; the next is a emorial pole , with t h e beaver crest at the base ; and the

H - a m P. M fourth a aid ortuary pole ( . No. with an eagle sitting on tOp , thunder bird on

the horizontal board coverings, and a beaver at the base . F 2 i . . Plate I I . , g Tanu , Queen Charlotte Islands . An eagle and whale monument of the

M . . T h e i H P. s ab out 16 aida ( No whale . feet long .

H n - . M P I II A P. h late aida i side house pole ( . No . This pole originally stood in S ide gate village , Queen Charlotte Islands . It represents some of the principal crests of a Skidegate

' w r n chief . The upper figure is a raven ith t wo f ogs hangi g from its mouth , and below it is the

- mythical mountain hawk holding a whale in its talons .

i 1 . . An i Plate IV . , F g . g dah , Nass River.

Plate IV . , Fig.2 . Kitladamix . Nass River .

m th Nisra These two cuts illustrate the old type of tote found among e e Tsimshian , whose

' ‘ uth riti s eli r carvers , some a o e b eve , we e the founders of th e custom i F 187 T 3 . m . Plate V . sawad , Knight Inlet . ro a photograph taken by R Maynard in The M i tall pole on the right of the picture is similar to P. . Nos 1859 and 1863 ; this is the orig nal type of pole of the Kwakiutl and the s pecimen shown was apparently old at the time of taking

“ ” — - the photograph . The inside pole supporting the hou se beam shows the thunder bird , and the “ ” “ ki . m . n . M Ko o dso oqu a, the mythical wild woman of the woods ( P. . No . from s , V I ,

supported a similar beam .

NOTE — Th e elaborately carved and painted outside poles found among the Kwakiutl to - day 0 1 . are a modern design . Anthropologists first noting them at Alert Bay about 89 i Plate VI . Tsawad , Knight Inlet . Inside poles . Many of the older houses had two or

- more carved poles supporting a timber upon which rested the central house beam . The three

2 n . poles Shown are P. M . Nos . 1860, 1861 , 186 , with dso oqua and bear carvings of the Kwakiutl

- - P. . M. Plate VII . , Fig . 1 . Sarita , Barkley Sound . A Nootkan inside house pole ( No

This was the only form of totem pole commonly used by the Nootkan . ' m Plate VII . ; Fig . 2 . C hiat, Barkley Sound . These two potlatch figures known as welco e

‘ poles ( P. M. Nos . 2 102 and 2 103 ) are th e only two large specimens I have information on in

' Sm rvin S like s c e . my Nootkan records , though all ca g the e were ommonly us d by the Kwakiutl ” M. A S P. Arm. Plate VIII . Talio, S outh Bentinck Bella Coola alish house frontal pole (

No .

n in k Arm n Plate IX . , Fig . 1 . Talio , S ou th Be t c . Two house fro tal poles will be noticed ' '

s h ' with the high arch at their base , which served a t e main entrance to the house The pole S on the right is now P. M. No . 2 308 . I have only records of similar poles from Bella Coola alish u and the Northern Kwakiutl villages of Bella Bella and Owiken o . The houses on posts sho ld

r n w t o th is a u s s e . e also be not d . The first refe e ce have vill g e with ho e on stilts was made ’ d 17 93 . by Lieutenant John st on e , in comman of one of Captain Vancouver s boat parties , in This

was r th e wh ere h ou ses , form of b uilding , often reso ted to in area were built on river estuaries ” as these Situations are subject to freshets an d occasionally a form of tidal wave .

' - M Few P. Plate I X . , Fig . 2 . Salish inside house poles ( . No . Salish houses had

- iam - . . Musqu , carved .house poles . The greatest number have been recorded from Comox , V I , and

at F S on h ee , i , the mouth of the raser ; only one or two pair . were found in the g village V ctoria m and five in an old house at Qu amich an ( a modern house at the latter village has six ) . Co ox were the only Sal ish villages , according to th e earliest . information available , to have outside r totem poles : a custom they probably acquired from the Kwakiutl . The type of pole being simila to that shown in Plate V .

G fi ur s e m Plate IX . ; Fig . 3 . Ruby rave g e such as these , often call d tote ” d m a. poles , have been photographe in any localities in Southern British Columbi

PLATE V.

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PLATE VI I .

X P LATE I .

T IO S OU II BEN TINC RI I . FIG . 1 . AL , T K A

R VE PO S S CREE . FIG . 3 . G A T , K

ALI I 2 I. rm. . S S S E PO E IN ID L .

' 0 REPORT OF PROVINCIAL MU SEU M , 193 . C 11

D F L Y I M RE UCTION O O S NU .

H N BY HAROLD ST. JO .

( Contribution from the Botany Department of the State College of Washington , No . E arly spring brings to each region its own spectrum of gay flowers . O ne of the Showiest of “ - the display in the Pacific North west is the Grass Widow , which dangles magenta cups from

the summit of its slender, swaying stems . They are so numerous that they survive and still i . abound in spite of extensive picking , The writer first gained fam liarity with these plants in l n the Pa ou se Cou try while liVin g at Pullman , Washington . He records these notes in order

to clarify their scientific name and classification and to record a northern extension into Canada . The “ Grass Widow was discovered by David Douglas “ Near the Great ( Celilo ) Falls of m ” the River Colu bia . This is in the barren , rocky region near the Dalles , O regon . He records ,

ou 1 4 i r n h . page 6 of h s Journal , what is doubtless this Species as S isy i c iu ni sp ; annual ;

- 8 inches to a foot high ; on the summit of the low hills ; plentiful ; a white -flowered variety

” - is usually found with it . It was probably collected on April 2 4th , 182 6. L ater it was published as S isyrin chium gran diflorum Dougl . in Lindley, Bot . Reg . 16 '

. m l i um S D u asi A. D . pl . 1830 Because of an earlier S . gran diflor . it was rena ed . o g ietr ,

2 4 n d D . Sp . Pl . : 50 , 1833 . Then it was made a new genus , Olsyn/iu m gra ifloru m ( ougl . ) Raf , Fl m 2 m E s e New . A . 1 : 7 , 1836. The A erican specialist , . accepted thi segregate g nus a B f 2 nd mad e the combination 0 . dou glasii Bickn . in the ulletin o the Torrey Botanical Club 7 ls i was The genu s O yn ium has been rather generally accepted n the west , though it

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D r L . W . . rejected by Prof . J . K . Henry and by . Jepson

' I 192 3 d d r Ols n ium in atu a W erden da 1 n a secon species of this group was esc ibed , y fl m Suks

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2 d m m W s n n. floras 8 , 19 3 , base on aterial fro Spangle, a hi gto None of the subsequent have i accepted th s species .

‘ L - A et us examine first the generic status of these plants . In the books Of Piper , of brams ,

e i rin hi of Rydberg, and of others who accept the g neric split, S sy c um is characterized by having

“ - the filaments united to the top and the floWer usually blue ( rarely rose purple , adds Rydberg )

- while Olsyn iu m has the filaments united only at the base and the flowers reddish purple . For

the separation of genera these characters are weak and few . A similar segregate , Hydastylu s ,

is set off as it has the filaments united for more than half their length and the flowers yellow .

It is obvious that the colour of the flower h as been given great weight . If the species could

- n always be definitely placed in either the yellow , the blue , or the reddish purple group , a d if

there were other important correlated characters , this basis would be satisfactory . However,

among the more than seventy species , there are a number with flower colours intermediate

- between the blue and the reddish purple . Also the degree of union of the filaments varies , and ,

though morphological and a more important character , fails to furn ish grounds for a satisfactory

division . Rafin esque asked but meagre grounds for his new genera . If Bicknell gave an ade l i m qu ate discussion of the supposed generic characters of O syn u , the writer has failed to find ’ it during his search through Bickn ell s papers in the Torrey Bulletin . The plant has the habit

' s n hi a r s n of a Si yri c um and there seems no adequ te ea o for removing it from that genus . It was

- m L retained in S isyrin chium by J G . Baker in h is Systema I ridacearu , Journ . inn . Soc . Bot . 16

Iri e 1 92 . h s 61 , 187 8 ; also in his d ae in 8 It a received the same placement in the two editions ’ z m of Engler and Pran tl s Naturlieb e Pflan en familien . Olsyn ium is then reduced to the syn on o y of Sisyrin chium. EY R CTER S K CHA A .

— Filament tube wit h a slight gradual enlargement near the base ; largest capsules 85 11 mm . long

m . is rin chium D u lasii Perianth dark agenta purple S y o g . — Filament tube sharply . inflated near the base ; largest capsules 5 8 mm . long .

S n atum . . i . Perianth . pinkish purple fl

m . alb Perianth white . S . in flatu , f a.

D 04 i ° / las A. . . . 2 : 5 1833 ran or r n c m D u ii S . d u m D . . S isy i hiu o g ietr , Sp Pl , ; g fl ougl , Bot . Reg 16

i di D . Am 1 2 l i ls n um ran oru m . Fl 1 a t . 1364, 1830 ; O y g fl ( ougl ) Raf , New . . : 7 , 836 ; O. do ug s i 2 2 B . 7 : 37 1900 . ( A. Dietr . ) Bickn . , ull Torrey Bot . Club ,

The specific name gran diflorum is rejected here b ecause it is a later homonym At the International Botanical Congress in England in 1930 it was agreed to “amend the International

Rules in so far as to outlaw all later specific homonyms . C 12 BRITI SH COLU MBIA .

In habit , stems , and foliage there are no good characters to separate this from the related species . When grown together the flowers are strikingly different in colour , form , and size . k 2 4 W . . S u sdorf 19 . Mr . N was kind enough to send living plants to the writer in the spring of l W These plants of S . Do ug asi/i from estern Klickitat County were flowered beside plants of

n at P S . i fl u m from ullman . With the fresh material it was easy to verify the characters . S 0 strikingly different are they that no Observer would think of them as the same species .

In the spring of 192 9 the writer , while descending from Goldendale , Washington to Lyle , r along the spectacular gorge of the Klickitat Rive , for the first time saw the two species growing

‘ together in the field . They were strikingly different and showed no signs of hybridizing or merging . Poorly dried herbarium specimens lose most of the colour characters , and close up so as to obscure the base of the filament tube . However , a careful student can soon learn to determine even such unsatisfactory material . If the herbarium sheet is held up against a strong

- i . light , and the flower Stud ed with a hand lens , the profile of the filament tube is usually visible

k or r n d 2 . We de a 1 : 7 19 3 Mr S u sd f in , , pointed out a number of significant characters of this

i - plant , its somewhat larger flowers , and th e n arro v er, half open form of the corolla . The writer W has added only the fruit character . hen all the capsules of the spathes are measured the two sets of measurements overlap . It was noticed that from each spathe , regardless of the number W of flowers , the uppermost capsule was always the largest . hen these alone were measured a clear differentiation in size was Obtained . This is mentioned in the key . It is not necessary here to include a full description of the species , as the general features are well described in many books , and the special distinctions are outlined in the present discussion and key .

D a i . n The range of S . o ugl s i is much smaller than is commonly supposed It is early

‘ restricted to the region west of t h e Cascade Mountains . It does enter through the Columbia

. f Gorge and swing up to the Upper Yakima Valley , as do Qu ercus Garry/an a and a number o other West S ide species .

Loans of specimens from several herbaria have greatly aided the completion of this study . A a Grateful acknowledgments are extended to the curators of the following herbaria . bbrevi tions are used in the enumeration of specimens to indicate the herbarium in which they are

preserved .

Provincial Museum of Natural History , Victoria , British Columbia .

California , Berkeley , California .

University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota .

: ( MO ) Missouri Botanical Garden , St . Louis , Missouri .

of O regon , Eugene, O regon .

Oregon State Agricultural College , Corvallis , O regon .

: D W C . US ) United States National Herbarium , ashington ,

W W . State Museum . University of ashington , Seattle , ashington

W . State College of Washington , Pullman , ashington

‘ n ders 8415 B B . A n C Mac n 4388 S W . Britis h Co lumbia: Victoria , John ou ( U ) Victoria , o ( )

im ran t n W M . G Gran t 1 US S w J. Was h n t n : P A e M . i . g o ort ngel s , J _ ( ) q , ( Min ) ; hidby W 1881 L A Drus hcl 3647 . W . . Island , N. L . Gardn er ( ) yle , J . ( Mo ) estern Klickitat County , , ksdor N. S u ks or 2 818 B W . N. u d B W. S W N u ksd r . f . . S o f ( Cal ; ingen , f ingen , h t al 9803 i 1882 Th mas H well W S t . n e . 11357 ( Cal . ; Mo . ) arwick , Jo Klick tat , , o o 1 1 K Whited W 90 . ( O . ) enatchee Mountain , ,

alle 1880 L . F . H River . V W Th m s n 4034 . Oregon : Wyeth , J . . o p o ( Mo ; ood y , ,

- F H n ders n 956 H D . Lan ille 68 R L . e Hen derson ( O . ) Hood iver , . o ood River , _H g D 187 5 H well . 1 H well O . 1893 , , ( US ) Hood River, 881, o ( ) Mosier , , o ( Cal ; The alles d n D avids n MO D E . P . S hel D 0 . ( , Mrs Wils n . ; . o ( Mo ; The alles , o ) The alles o W illman B L ib er 43 1894 . . S L . . e p 10058 ( Minn ; O . ; US . ) exington . J g Monmouth , , J ’ W W . Hen ders on 57 7 0 . G P D S L . F . ) , Minn . ) Eight ollar Mountain , near elma , ( Mo rant s ass 1 well 880 . H Can by/ 12 Eastern Oregon , , J o

M F ilm n 58 . . . G a 1 B tler 561 . ) Californ ia: Yreka , G. D . u ( Cal ) hills , Modoc County , ( Cal

W er o Ols n iu m in atn m S uksd . , Sisyrin chium in flatum ( Suksa. ) St . John , new c mbination ; y fl 67 1914 . W . 2 an di orum P B Fl . S E . , denda 1 : 8 , 19 3 : O . gr fl of iper eattie , ash , not of Raf

- 1 2 17 5 1917 192 2 . of Rydberg, Fl . Rocky Mts . , ed . and ; , and

o . This recently described plant has smaller , paler flowers , with alm st rotate segments LAT X P E .

1 0 REPORT OF PROVINCIAL MU SEUM , 93 . C 13

Frm W W O and o Yakima County , ashington , to the illamette Valley , regon , southward to

m D u lasii California , its range ore or less coincides with that of S . o g , but it crosses the Cascade E Mountains and ranges from astern British Columbia to Idaho and Utah .

”

mbia L B An de 11 41 . Bri tish Co lu : Adams ake , W . . rson 7 5 and 8 6 ( B C ) This is the first record of this species for Can ada.

Washin t n K hi e tt 1184 W . W t d 58 W . S . C n g o : enatchee, enatchee Mountains , J o o W t tt 1 E Whited enatchee Mountains , D . Griffi hs and J . S . Co on 33 llensburg , K .

2 82 l k o T Bran d e 4 Yakima County, 1899 , J . B . F ett Ya ima regi n , . s . eg e 58 1 hn ( Mo . ) Mount Rainier Forest Reserve , Camp 7 , J . B . Flett 11 3 Bluelight, H . S t. Jo ,

r l . G . N. Jon es, J. A. Mo o e, and F . Warren 97 84 Klickitat, 187 8 , T . J . How e l ( Mo )

W ' - t hn S observed at Clark , ilbur , and Coulee City by H . S . Jo ; Columbia River Valley , tevens ,

M B b b L t hn F L . County, . . Ga y , 30 Babitz anding , Pend O reille County , II . S . Jo , .

- Pi kett T a is 1 2 F H n der n W . R . D v n F A arren 050 89 L . ; e s c . . W 7 , . o , and Spokane , , o ( ) h en 1 n r 91 c r k . 893 H a db r B L e . S 1 6 H v on S b . Spokane, , J . . S e g and J. . ei g (Minn ) pokane , , ( Mo ) B 2 H an d ber rowns Mountain , Spokane, 19 5, R . D avison Hangman Creek , J . . S g and

4 . J. B . Leiberg 3 ( Cal . ; U. S . ; Spangle , W . S u ksdorf 8507 ( Cal . ; Mo ; the

k t W rren 6869 B type collection ; Rock Lake , H S t . John , F . L . Pic e t , and F . A. a onnie L hn t 4 B t hn t a H . S . ake , H . S . Jo , F . L . Picket , and F . A. Warren 319 K miak utte , Jo

0 4 P r 1 4 C V 6 6 m 1 Pi r 1893 F L M e 89 . . ull an , 893 , C. V. pe , . . oo ,

“ P L im E lm r E . iper ( Minn . ; 1895, . J. S mith 1896, B . L . Cl er A. D . e

r Hu n t 7 4 ( Cal . ; Minn . ; Mo . ; 1897 , E . P . S h eldon 1899 , B. Hun te R . 2 Parker S . A K mm t 2 1 a C . and . i el 63 H . S . Jo hn 989 9 6, H . D y t h W wa ai rk A a . S . n 340 a w Canyon , C . S . Pa er 37 8 n tone , H Jo and

1 t H rn e R P lm r 96 3 P 1 2 u r n e W R . M . r W . D C . a e omeroy , 9 1, . o y aitsburg , o Vase Dr 1883 . W . C er W . R 2 6 ashington Territory , oop ashington Territory , , G y

’ l n st d A e e . . Ru I dah L . H o : S outh end of ake Pend O reille , 1891, J . B . Leiberg ( O ) Coeur , J

2 t l n es Ri u t W ds 4330 s W . Post Falls , H; S . John , V. Ge se l, G . N . Jo , L . do . and E . oo

h 2 an dber 4 . W H t n et d l . 1887 . H S orley , . S . Jo 50 Kootenai County , , J g

1 1 1 90 B Lei b er 1892 8 ( Minn ) ; Kootenai County , 8 , J . . g ( Minn ; Kootenai County , ,

Abram 13 . B . Lei ber . 1 94 L . en ders n L . R . s 5 J . g ( O ) Moscow , 8 , F . H o Moscow , ( Cal ;

‘ 0 un L . an dber D T M cD l ll r 1 0 A J e Mo . ) ewiston , J H . S g , . . a ouga , and A. A. H e e rrow

1 2 2 R Br n L W 1884 B Leib er . P tion , 9 , . H . ow ake aha , , J . . g ( O ) Nez erces County ,

. d er 101 n i li 1 . Bo n e an b 6 W . J . H . S g 7 7 ( Min ) Gath, G. A n s e Caldwell , J o

Or 1 1 M r rai 1 1 e n : 9 6 L . e e B M. C 8 6 go Corvallis , , . G o g enton County , g ’

W E . mmo P d r . E imer , W . H a n d 37 0A Grant s Pass , . E . God a d 305 ( Cal ) vans Creek ,

E m n . iski n W . H am d 3 0A S ou Jackson County, . o 7 ( Mo ) summit of y Mountai s , Jackson County ,

L H n der 12 44 Hen rs 4 L E I A le . F . e son 7 Selma , L. F . de on 7 1 3 Swan ake Valley , ; . pp

t E I l t 2 2 F F Hen ders n 5093 . ga e 689 Keno , . . App ega e 0 9 ossil , L . . o ( Mo ;

1 2 A l n H 1 2 W bl Meacham , 9 7 , H . . S cu le ereford , 9 8 , . Co e Sled Springs ,

‘ W F T ar n 2 U n W u i k 4 E O . . di e 7 3 . C . C s c 7 allowa orest , J J , nion Cou ty , : astern regon c E 18 0 T l l si 1 1 . n . O W . C . Cu k 6 5 8 . . H we ( Cal ; Min ; Mo ; astern regon , , J o

2 2 1 . r ll 2 Jordan Valley , L . E . H en derson 67 0 and 67 ( O ) Jordan Valley , 0 . F etwe t 2 Californ ia : Harris , 1905, E. E . Tracy ( Cal . ) Yreka Hills , G . D . Bu ler 11 3 ( Cal . ; MO .

L . E L e n 4 . Mrs R . . Au s tin 11 G . M US ) Yreka , . . Gr e e 69 ( Mo ) Goose ake Valley , . Cal ) oose

“ - 9 P 4 r s ti . L Mrs M . u stin 4 L 189 s R M . Au n M . A 7 . ake Valley , . R . ake City ass , , ( Cal ;

. 1 F B Mrs . M. . Man n i 2 al . . 890 M . B aker U. S . ) ort idwell , H n g 8 ( C ; U S ) Milford , , S .

.

Utah : Terminus , 1890, M . E . Jon es ( Cal . ; Mo . ; Stockton , 1887 , M . E . Jon es m Utah , W . H . S ea an

i rin h n t l m i u S a . m a b a . S sy c iu fla m ( uks . ) St John for a St John , new forma

Florib us albis . Differing from the species by having the flowers white .

Washin t n : S A 1 2 2 M r E m n 2 g o pokane , pril , 9 , a y . S a pso Glade Creek , miles north

A 2 h 1 2 t hn n es M re B 9 G A. of luelight , Yakima County , pril 1 t , 9 , H . S . Jo , . N. Jo , J . oo , and Warren 97 85 F . ( type in

Or n B 1 2 ego : lue Mountains , 9 6, B. I) . Hug , in part

t i . Un iv ersi y of Hawai : Honolulu , Hawaiian Islands C 14 BRITI SH COLUMBIA .

ENTOMOLOGY.

BY J . F . CLARKE.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .

We are greatly indebted for valuable assistance in determining Ou r material to the follow ing authorities of their respective groups : . To D r. McDun n ough, National Museum of Canada

' A Bu s k h e . 1 H ; c t US . n L Mr . Car einrich and Mr ugust , of Natio al Museum , p _ “ e idoptera A dh u H . . s W W D Mr R . Cushman and Grace San o e, ymenoptera ; J . B . allis , of innipeg , ytiscidae

' r E D and Hydrophilidae ; D . . C . Van yke, University of California , Coleoptera ; E . R . Bu ckell ,

. W . D . A D B . O H W . . E Vernon , C , rthoptera ; and to ownes and Preece , of the ominion ntomo logical Branch , Victoria , for general information on many branches of entomology

‘ We also wish to express our sincere thanks t o the many collectors for their Welcome contributions .

RO RES P G S .

P r r A A. W . This past year has again b ought forth many species of interest ; M . . hair , who

‘ ' “ i man a has Collected exten s vely in the Lillooet District , has Sent in y r re specimens , some of which are yet to be determined . It is sincerely hoped that he Will continue to contribute material from his locality .

L s e imens h iefl mL Mr . allemand donated a number of p c g c y Coleoptera f ro illooet, and m W G. Stace S ith , of Copper Mountain ; Mr . G . Larn der, North Vancouver ; J . B . Wallis , innipeg ; P and T . . O . Menzies , Vancouver, material new to our collection . ’ - m Ph air L the P Eucosma rambi A ong Mr . s epidoptera there is one new record for rovince , c

tan a W lsh m. , which was collected at Lillooet . The specimen is larger than the average, ‘

mm. in X II Fi . 2 measuring 35 expanse . ( Plate . , g . In the Blackmore collection an undetermined species h as stood for a number of years a m E labelled Epicallima sp . ? This supposed Epic lli a species has turned out to be the uropean

'

mh n t rbat ella Hi i A . Mo p a co u lbner , wh ch has not before been recorded from North merica l B w Mr . u sck rites , concerning the species : This is a rare find and an interesting record ; the

' —E ' species occu rs in Siberia and has clearly come that way the l arv ae live in the Spun shoots of

” ' Epilobium an gu s tifoliu m It is rather surprising that more specimens of this species have not turned up since fireweed is such a common plant in the Province. This species

' 2 2 n 2 4 We Ou r h im was collected by L . E . Marmont at Fraser Mills , June d , 19 . owe thanks to n i 2 for this interesti g record . ( Plate XII . , F g . D A 3rd 192 9 Telphu sa lon gifasciella Clem . ( Mount ouglas Park , Vancouver Island , ugust , , i 2 P XII . F . P . J . F . Clarke) is apparently another new record for the rovince ( late , g

There are several other species which may also prove to be new to science , but we must wait for publication of descriptions before we can list them .

SPECIES DES CRIBED As NEW TO SCIENCE

COLEOPTERA .

T I Family DY I S C DzE .

F Coclambu s colu mbian us Brown , Can . En t . , Vol . 62 , No . 4 , p . 87 , 1930 . rom specimens from

Copper Moun tain , May to O ctober ( G . Stace Smith , collector ) . — m n 2 4 88 89 1930 . F A ab smith E t . 6 . . g us i Brown , Can . , Vol . , No , pp , ro specimens from

‘

Copper Mountain , May to August ( G. Stace Smith; collector ) .

Family S TAPH YLI NI DZE.

2 1930. 11 . 53 Philon thus ovaliceps Fall , Can . En t . , Vol . 62 , No . , p , Specimens recorded from

Terrace, B . C . ID Family RH IPIPH OR .E .

- Rhi h 2 4 9 0 1930. F m r m ian . En t . 6 . . 8 9 i o colu s . p p us b u Brown , Can , Vol , No , pp , ro specimens from Lillooet , July . A zEID Family S CAR R zE. A dia mit 2 2 1930 . F po s s h/i Brown , Can . En t . , Vol . 6 , No . 1 , pp rom specimens from 2 Copper Mountain , October, 19 9 , on snow ( G. Stace Smith ) LAT X P E II .

1 Trich O t lu s mceu al h m Fi . i g . p pyg s W s . ( S ee 19 2 9 Repo rt , p ag e

( a. ) ( IL )

i 2 M om F . a h a con tu r at ll H ub g ( ) p b e a n e r ; ( b ) E u cos ma crambi t an a Wl s h m. ; c l hu s n as c l l m ( ) Te p a lo gif i cl a C e .

30 M 19 . 15 REPORT OF PROVINCIAL U SEUM , C

LEPIDOPTERA .

' DZE Family NOCTUI .

D n En 2 - c r olumbica Mc u n ou h . t . ol 1 1 2 S cotogramma oregoni a va . c , g , Can , V . 6 , No . 8, pp . 8 18 , S B m m m . . G 1930 . Fro pecimens fro Kere eos , July ( C arret , collector )

HYMENOPTERA .

Family TENTH RIDINIDAE

2 — En . . 186 1 30 S elan dria (An eugmen us) urbis Ross , Can . t , Vol . 6 , No 8, pp . 87 , 19 . Collected at

H . . Vancouver, May to July , by H. Ross — “ NOTE I n a small series of Hymenoptera we sent Dr. R . A. Cushman , he found a new species of Banchu s and one of Echthrus, both of which he is planning to describe in the near future

C ORRECT ION S AND ADDITION S TO THE CHE CK - LI ST OF MACROLEPID OPTERA FOR 192 7

H N DE Family P ALE I .

‘ Ph l aen in Subfamily a ae.

Genus Chlorizagrotis auwiliaris Grote

soror Smith . 5‘ in troferen s Grote

fo rm agrestis Grote . mercen aria Grote

form mo n tan us Cook .

The above syn on omy is the result of investigations made by Mr.William C Cook of Boze n ma , Montana , during his study on cutworm moths

n S ubfamily Hade in ae.

c m Dr. McDun n ough has described a new form, S eotogramma oregon ica form columbi a, fro the Province .

ACCE S S ION NOTE S . A E COMBE BY W . . N W .

ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHE OLOGY

D F n We were fortunate in securing interesting ene material from . C . Swa n ell , including

- a rare b ark stripping implement , made from ? caribou antler, with an incised circle and dot

. W F G th e design Mr . C . . Moore, of ort eorge , donated valuable specimens illustrating mounting ’ - D er u x s S - hin im l of stone spear heads , adzes , and scrapers . Mr . ev e pecimen of a skin fles g p e

' - ment from Pine River is better than anything we had Of this type .

- i a The face mask presented by Mrs . P. Des Br s y Was from Church House , a district from which we previously had no anthropological material .

‘ - a in - The Z bark chopper from G . Olmstead , S ltspr g Island , and the ? fish knife from R . B . m m Halh ed , Chemainus ( both specimens fro iddens ) , are types new to me . They are both made of thick slate and have a hole shaped to fit the thumb When the implement is held so as to draw towards the body . ’ Stone clubs from the Salish are also rare and Mr. Olmstead s donation made a valuable addition to our fighting weapons .

- The small dish of mica schist from Mr . Godsal apparently belongs to the class of Salish

' stone carvings , the u se of Which n o definite explanation h as been secured by archaeologists though the supposition is they were u sed in preparing charms or poisons

PALJEONTOLOGY.

’ Capu lus corrugatus Whiteaves . Mr . Gregson s specimen , though not an addition , is the best example of this species that we have .

A. H . Marrion reported a new locality for glacial shells at Mill Bay , V . I . , donating a cluster l W of S epu a tubes similar to those found in the S ucia Island , ashington State , formation . 1 C 6 BRITI SH COLUMBIA .

BOTANY .

ham ari t -t C cec s n ka e i L . yp oo n s s ( amb ) Spach ( Yellow Cedar ) . Rev . Robert Connell found

500-‘ is b elieve th e this tree growing in the Sooke Canyon at about a foot elevation , and which , I , , n r southern record for the species o Van cou ve Island . D u ercu s arr an . Q G y a ougl ( Garry Oak ) . Northern records . Specimens of the tree from

S - avary Island , north east end of the Strait of Georgia , were sent in by Mr . S . Boys . They 0 ° extend the range of this species to approximately the 5 parallel . I was also pleased to see

n that a number of specimens at Comox , the norther limit on Vancouver Island , are being d carefully guar ed .

ewisia re divi L va Pursh . ( Sandhill Rose ) . A valuable series of this lovely Species was

P . W D . secured from de Noe . alker , collected in the Kamloops istrict

N m h te t etra n - a W W . S c A L F y p go a Georgi . ( hite ater lily ) pe imens collected at leza ake , ort

George District , by B . G . Griffith , Forest B ranch , are the first to be recorded in Canada west of

Ontario , according to Dr. M . O . Malte , National Herbarium , O ttawa .

D en taria macr ar a . . L W . B . A oc p Nutt ( Toothwort ) Collected by nderson at angley , made an additional species in our Herbarium.

- Prun u s demissa Nutt . ( Choke cherry ) . Saltsprin g Island . Specimens were received from

Miss D . Margison .

t n t i P A F Po e illa v llo sa all . _ ( Cinquefoil ) particularly large specimen was sent in by G . raser from Ucluelet . h H Callitriche palu s tris L . (Water Starwort ) . T is addition to the erbarium was found at

W S . . haletown , Cortes Island , by Boys

- r Agoseris villo sa Rydb . ( False Dandelion ) . This species , new to Ou collection , was found P among valuable distributional material presented to the Museum by F. erry , collected at

McGillivray Mountain , Lillooet District .

ICHTHYO OGY L .

m h A Brama rai i Bloch . ( Po p ret ) . lthough this species is said to be fairly plentiful off the

— - coast, I have only come across it once a specimen caught in deep water on a black cod line

i n 3 . off Ka su , in 190 Captain Balcom and Mr . Snow caught their specimens on trolling lines near the surface

Mollu sca. m l r is S . . W off P Yo dia th acitefor torer This species , collected by Mr ailes Yellow oint

D i . Nanaimo istrict , s the only addition to our B C . Mollusca collection

Approximately Specimens of Foreign Marine and fresh -water mollusca were donated

by Major and Mrs . Seale . Lack of space prohibits us from placing a series on exhibition , many of the species being closely allied to those found in our fossil formations .

t ea Cru s ac . D Acan tholit hodes hispidu s ( S timpson ) . etermined by Miss J . Hart . This specimen was

‘ m - given to Mr . Ker ode by M r . P. H . Johnson , who had secured it from a halibut boat , fishing off the west coast of Queen Charlotte Islands .

ORNITHOLOGY.

Philacte can agica ( Sev ast ) ( Emperor Goose ) . A W ing of this rare British Columbia bird

h E . . . . E . . him was broug t down from stevan , V I , by J S Meiss Six of the species were noted by with a band of brant about December 1 st , 1930 . Our only other specimen was shot near

Chemainus , VI in 1894 . ’ Skins of Rhinoceros Auklet ( Ccrorhin ca mono cerata ( Pallas ) ) and Cassin s Auklet

( Ptychoramphu s aleu ticu s Pallas ) from Rev . C . J . Young made very welcome additions to our study collection .

Though the interesting series donated by M r . Cumming did not add species to the skin

collection , a number of the skins represented seasonal plumages new to us . Mr . Cumming also gave us a series of Ancient Murrelet eggs with great colour variations .

C 18 BRITI SH COLUMBIA .

- l rin Bark chopper, slate . S a tsp g Island ( G . Olmstead )

D - B . O a . F l W . odsa ish , clamshell shaped , stone ak y , V I . ( . G )

. S alt s rin G O Club , stone p g Island ( . lmstead ) P E L W . . . estle, stone . Tod Inlet; V . I . ( osee ) H ammer, stone . West Vancouver ( C . Millard )

a . P Pendant , stone . Oak B y , V I . ( Inspector T . arsons ) W edge , cast of . Galiano Island ( J . Shaw ) .

- W . lh edge , elk horn Chemainus ( R . B . Ha ed ) .

H - Halhe . arpoon barb , bone , Chemainus ( R . B . d ) B one points . Chemainus ( R . B . Halhed ) .

- E Needle or ram rod , made from an arrow shaft . Cowichan ( Lieutenant C T . mmons ) .

Mask , wood , carved human face . Church House ( Mrs . P . D es B risay )

- W Neck band , ceremonial , cloth with beaded designs . New estminster ( purchased )

- Leg bones , human . Lower Fraser River ( Miss A. P . John )

al h m s n S is ( Tho p o ) .

Paint , red ochre . Lytton ( Lieutenant G . T . Emmons ) .

Nootkan .

- m Arrow p o ts copper ( purchased ) .

- F W . Basket and lid , rush and squaw grass ( Mrs . m . Robertson )

K ki t wa u l.

Food , dried seaweed ( purchased ) .

- M Sisiutl b A. Bark chopper , whalebone, with carved and painted design of a ( donated y

Lyons , Port Hardy , per Colonel J S . Tait ) . “ ? - i W Bark chopper , whalebone , carved and painted des gn of Killer hale ( donated by

A. M . Lyons per Colonel J . S . Tait ) . ” Su n d Figure , use ? , of whalebone , carved and painted face and a bear on the bo y L H P L H . . ( donated by A. M . yons per the onourable S owe , rovincial Secretary )

Haida.

m how Canoe, odel , with painted designs on and stern ( purchased ) Paddles with painted designs of se a- lion ( purchased ) Totems slate models ( purchased )

Tsimshian .

W F m A . , Totem , wood model , ade by lfred , a Tsimshian chief ( donated by C Moore of ort George ) Tlin git

F . Basket and lid ( Mrs . Wm Robertson )

l Mis cellan eou s An thropo ogy . t D r. Trade beads , dug up in middens . Sooke River ( Calver ) ’ m F . W . Trade beads . Hudson s Bay Co . ( Mrs . Robertson )

- i H . . G . ) Axe and handle , iron welded , dug up Victor a ( N raham

A McMah on . . ) Pipe , slate, with stem of cranberry , Cree Tribe ( donated by T

- . . O . . . Basket , birch bark and rush ntario ( Rev C J Young )

H . Anthropological negatives , British Columbia subj ects ( arlan I Smith )

PALZEONTOLOGY.

t Cretaceo u s , e c.

' - - l ris Ne P ( F . G , Pseu domon otis su bcircu a . parle pas Rapids , eace River C reen Surveyor General )

G . G . at s . Capu lu s corru g u . Comox ( J regson )

H . A H . S erpu la Sp . tubes . lbert ead ( Miss J art ) 1 0 19 REPO RT OF PROVINCIAL MU SEUM , 93 . C

F wan n ell . O . P . S I chthythauru s, bones . ttertail River ( J ocock per )

t G . G . Equise um sp . Stems . Comox ( J . regson )

- G . S F . . G Wood . Caribou Mountain ( Topographical urvey per C reen , Surveyor eneral )

l i G ac al.

- o at rn k . Leda p ern u la Muller . Card tum dec r um G

t D . A ri s . B . . . S Macoma ? in quin ata Deshayes and ? s y s p Mill ay , V I ( G . prot )

A. H . Ba . . S erpula sp . tubes . Mill y , V I ( Marrion )

- l Post Glacia .

B D H a L. a t t . Mya trun cata L. and S aaicarva rugo s O ak y is ric ( Toms ) O B TANY.

Specimens were received from : Ucluelet , G . Fraser ; Shirley District , Mrs Clarke ; Sooke

D L . E . G . D istrict , ady Rosalind Northcote, Rev Connell, Mrs. Spier ; Colwood istrict , Pat m n P Ha H Rasa o d . . W . Martin ; Victoria vicinity , . Toms , Tu rner, C C emberton , rvey ; Vancouver

H . H H Island , east coast , Miss P . M . Sprot,. . K arrison , . Rawlins ; Strait of Georgia islands , ' k r Bu le D . southern , Miss D . Margison, M s . c , G. Sprot ; S trait of Georgia islands , northern, P P J . Pool, S . Boys ; Pine Island , Queen Charlotte Sound , Rev . C . J . Young , . G . ike ; Masset , H E D D . Rev . C . J . Young ; Vancouver istrict, . Saddler , J . Hall ; Kamloops istrict, T . H . Bond , ’

. A A Bi B W . M . B . Jackson , P . de N . alker, St nn s cademy , Kamloops ; g end , Columbia River, L D F P A L F . Neaves ; illooet istrict . erry ; Quesnel , J C . Bridgman ; leza ake, B . L H B Fraser ake, S . . ay .

A collection of mosses from Southern Vancouver Island from Mrs . H . Mackenzie

E Dr xhibit specimens of commercial woods , . Barr , Forest B ranch , Department of Lands

REPTILIA .

- T mn hi ord n id B ha s . i o es . . fii Garter snake (young ) ( op o Victoria ( P . Mo t ) .

- mn his 0 din oid E Tha . D E A G or es . G . . arter snake ( young ) ( op . B ) squimalt istrict (

D 4th . Cooke ) , ecember

- Tham hi r n n s . o di oides . Garter snake ( young ) ( op o B Cowichan Lake , BC . ( W . H

ndoore ) .

AMPHIBIA .

P Tr turus torosu s L acific Coast Newt ( i ( Rathke ) Cowichan ake ( W . H . Moore )

An ide erre O e D m e s u C . . Rusty Sala ander ( f s p ) Mount ouglas , V I . Moore ) . L B orca B . Northwestern Toad ( ufo b . b s Cowichan ake (W . H . Moore ) .

- il D P H la re l B . . acific Tree frog ( y g a ( Mount ouglas , V I . ( W . A. Newcombe )

- F Ran a a u r ra B . Oregon Red legged rog ( . a o Cowichan Lake ( W . H. Moore ) — NOTE Mr. W. H. Moore also donated specimens of this group collected in Wisconsin and

A F - Oregon . mong those from the latter locality is a ork tailed Salamander .

ICH THYOLOGY

-fi drola us colli La M Rat sh (Hy g ei ( y Victoria ( rs . Lambert ) .

P Clu an odon cceru leus G . E E ilchard ( young ) ( p irard ) squimalt ( . A. Cooke ) . Gas ter steu s cata hractu s L W H Stickleback ( o p Cowichan ake ( . . Moore ) . raii ( Bloch ) South end of Queen Charlotte Islands ( Captain Balcom ) ' Pomph ret ( Brama raii ( Bloch ) Off Ky uquot Sound ( John Snow )

B C ttus as er . L H Prickly ullhead ( o p Richardson ) Cowichan ake ( W. . Moore ) . Oli o ottu alis S c s b re S . Northern culpin ( g o Jordan nyder ) Victoria ( W . H . Moore ) .

ENTOMOLOGY .

Lepidoptera.

S W D Of - : . . S pecimens were received from heepwash , Sooke ; P . A. IIavelaqu e , Tofin o

. r D M s . G . . S Ba . . . Mr Inglis , Chemainus ; prot , Mill y , V I ; J B . Godfrey , Bamberton , V . I . Ba D r P D ikk . B er H . . r. D Mrs . B . , Saanich ; Toms , Oak y ; rice , Mrs ier , Burnett , Mrs . E . H F P A A B . F . . . O . . W . . . F . L lackmore , J . Clarke, Risser , Victoria ; T Menzies , Phair , C allemand ,

Lillooet District . 2 C 0 BRITI SH COLU MBIA .

t Coleop era.

P L L T . . O . Menzies , C . F. allemand , illooet ; G . Stace Smith , Copper Mountain ; G . H

L rn e r . A W . D L a d G . W , North Vancouver ; V Copley , lexis Creek ; ownes , angley ; J . B . allis , F W . F H . . O Ba D L estern Canada ; Mrs rank and Mason , ak y istrict ; R . Swanson , Sooke ake ;

H B . r W W . G J . A. J . . ooten, South Saanich ; ibson , , Victoria .

m lo Gen eral En to o gy .

A L E . B B B A. . . G S a H r B . w. Phair , illooet ; Mrs pier , eecher y ; v . . ar ison , Nanaimo ; J . . D E A Mrs B Thompson , Victoria istrict ; . . Cooke , . Godfrey ooth , Victoria ; J . W . Mawle ,

Metchosin ; E . R . Buckle, Okanagan .

Miscellan eou s

W D . Hairworms ( Gordiacea F . ard , Malahat istrict , V I W B Spiders . E . Moyes, J . Stark , S . atson , Victoria , C

Trapdoor Spider . C . Bazett , California .

MARINE .

Echin o derms

Pteraster tesselatu s I ves . Victoria ( W . A. Newcombe )

Ev asterias trosch elii ( S timpson ) . Victoria (W . A. Newcombe ) .

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E chin arachn iu s emcen tricu s Esch . Beaver Creek , V . I . ( Edna G . Ford )

Echin arachn i us eucen tricu s Esch . Albert Head , V . I . (W . A. Newcombe ) .

M llusc o a.

D Yo ldia thraciazformis Storer . Yellow Island , Nanaimo istrict ( G . H . Wailes )

W . H D . Pecten caurin u s Gould . Queen Charlotte Islands ( . empster )

/ fin . Mytilus californ ian us Conrad . To o, V . I ( Rev . C . J . Young)

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H . . F W . Mytilus edu lis L. Juan de uca Strait ( Moore ) R ev. . . S pisu la alaskan a Dall . Masset , Queen Charlotte Islands ( C J Young )

B . O livella boeticaCarp . Savary Island ( S . oys )

Alectrion men dion s Gould . Savary Island ( S . Boys ) .

F W . H . Acmaea pelta Esch . Juan de uca S trait ( Moore)

- - H . F W . . Acmcea s cu tum p atin a Esch . Juan de uca Strait ( Moore ) “ B Mop alia tign osa Gould . Metchosin , V . I . ( Miss S . . Moore )

specimens of Foreign Mollusca ( Major and Mrs . Seale ) .

Crustacea.

P H . Acan tholithodes hispidu s Off Queen Charlotte Islands ( . Johnson )

B . . W . H. . Hemigrap su s n u du s ( Dana ) . Mill ay . V I ( Moore )

A. . Pag uru s gilli Benedict . Victoria (W . Newcombe ) A N . W . . Paguru s ten uiman u s Dana . Victoria ( ewcombe ) D H . . . . Mitella polymeru s Sowerby ( Goose Barnacle ) . Gordon ead , V I ( J Morgan ) A B E . l . Amphipoda sp . Cowichan ay ( Cooke )

Miscellan eous .

- - H . P of . K u u ot E . . Velella pacifica Esch . ( the local ortuguese Man war ) y q Sound ( M aynes ) I A H a . . . Melibe leon in a Gld . Cordova B y , V I ( eathcote )

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W . l S . Melibe leon in a G d . Saanich Inlet ( hittaker )

E . A. . Parasitic Worms from S eb astodes sp . Cowichan Bay ( Cooke )

D . . Mrs G . D . S ponge sp . Muir Creek , Sooke istrict ( Sprot )

ORNI TH OLOCY.

B P G . . Horned Grebe ( Colymbus auritas Jerico each , oint rey ( Rev C J Young ) P S Rhinoceros Auklet ( Cerorhin ca mon occrata ( Pallas ) ine Island , Queen Charlotte ound

( Rev . C . J . Young ) . REPORT OF PROVINCIAL MU SEU M, 1930 . C 2 1

’ ' l ti P n Cassin s Auklet ( Pitychoramph us a eu cu s ( allas ) Pine Isla d , Queen Charlotte Sound

( Rev . C . J . Young ) .

- Marbled Murrelet ( Brachyramphu s marmoratus Langara Island , Queen Char

lotte Islands ( R . A. Cumming) . ’ Leach s Petrel ( Ocean odroma leu corhoa (Vieillot ) Cox Island , Queen Charlotte Islands

( R . A. Cumming ) .

r d c a - tera L F Cinnamon Teal ( Que qu e u la y n op Vieillot ) . ulu Island , raser River ( R . A

Cumming ) . F Pintail ( D afila acu ta Sea Island , raser River ( R . A. Cumming ) .

- D L L Ring necked Duck (Marila collaris ( onovan ) ost ake , Saanich District ( pu rchased ) .

- i l L Ring necked Duck (Marita collaris Eq ma t agoon (purchased ) .

' A n G — Clan u la clan u la american a B . m merica olden eye , ( albinistic ) ( g g onaparte) Ka loops

District ( E . H . Mackenzie ) .

’ “ - m F Old squaw (Harclda hye ah s ( L . ) Sea Island , raser River ( R . A. Cumming )

‘ h la t c n i ti n E Emperor Goose ( W ing of ) (P i c e a ag ca ( S evas a off ) stevan , V . I . ( J . S . Meiss ) .

n t F r ' Trumpeter Swan ( Olor bucci a or ( Rich ) ound shot at No th ey Lake, Comox District , all P by Mr . En d . Presented by T . earse .

i . L F R Coot (Fu lica amer can a Gmelin ) ulu Island , raser River ( ev . C . J . Young ) .

L - D Macorham hus riseus scol0 ac-e 1 ong billed owitcher ( p g p u s ( Say ) Lu u Island, Fraser

River ( R . A. Cumming ) .

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- Numen ius h dsoni u s L . e Hudsonian Curlew ( u c atham ) Masset , Qu en Charlotte Islands ( R . A.

Cumming) .

- Black Oyster catcher (Hcematopus bachmani Audubon ) . Masset , Queen Charlotte Islands

( R . A. Cumming) . r rt a' i o n A Mountain Quail ( O eo y p cta c n fi is nthony ) . Malahat , V . I . ( purchased ) L H Y T 2 a o s l . la us . W . . ( ) Willow Ptarmigan ( g pu gop ) hite orse , ( purchased ) .

- B t r li alur W H u e b ea s c us a . P estern Red tailed awk ( o o C ssin ) South ender Island (Mrs .

Crane ) . Western Red - tailed Hawk ( Bu teo bo realis calu rus Cassin ) Nanaimo District ( Game Warden W J . . Graham )

' t k o t A E Screech Owl ( O us asio en n/ic t i Victoria ( . . Pickford ) .

t i ken i tt E L Screech Owl ( O us as o n co i ( lliot ) Quatsino Sound ( Mrs . C. . Bland )

Dusky Horned Owl ( Bu bo virgin ian us saturatu s Ridgway ) . Malahat , V . I . ( purchased )

S N ctea n- ct ea D P nowy Owl ( y y Comox istrict ( T . earse ) .

r l alc L . F Kingfisher ( Ce y e yon ( ) Victoria ( . Popham ) . ’ r il F Em idon ' raill A T a l s lycatcher ( p aa t . t i ( udubon ) . South Vancouver ( R . A. Cumming ) .

a itta ell r l tt C n st e i car o ce . Queen Charlotte Jay ( y oc Osgood ) Rose Spit , Queen Charlotte

Islands .

‘ - A i h i Northwestern Red W ing ( gela us p azn iceus caur n us Ridgway ) . Vancouver District

( R . A. Cumming ) . ’ Eu h u ano e hal W L A Brewer s Blackbird ( p ag s cy c p us ( agler) ulu Island ( R . . Cumming)

2 F r D ( ) California Pu rple inch ( Carpo dacu s pu pu eus Californ icus Baird ) . uncan , V . I .

( Game Warden Marshall) .

F a l California Purple inch ( Carpod cus p urpu eus ca iforn icus Baird ) . Surrey Centre ( Rev

C . J . Young) .

’ ' Nuttall s Sparrow (Z on otrichia leu cophrys n u ttalli Ridgway ) . South Vancouver ( R . A

Cumming) .

- Z n tri hi c r n t P m Golden crowned Sparrow ( o o c a o o a a allas ) South Vancouver ( R . A. Cum ing )

S izella tavern ri B A H B e . . . W Timberline Sparrow ( p Swarth rooks ) tlin ( Swarth per,

Everman ) .

mb cill d r m B a ce o u . A Cedar Waxwing ( o y Vieillot ) South Vancouver ( R . . Cumming ) L ani u s b re l s . Northern Shrike ( o a i Vieillot ) Vancouver ( R . A. Cumming ) .

- ir os lv a livace Red eyed Vireo ( V c y o a South Vancouver ( R . A. Cumming )

th r b s en s Pipit (An us u e c Vancouver ( R . A.

3 W Pla-n esti us mi ratori ( ) estern Robin ( c g us propin quus Ridgway ) . South Vancouver A m ( R . . Cu ming ) . C 2 2 BRITI SH COLUMBIA .

i Besides the above species , Which were placed n the study collection the following speci , , mens were sent in f or determination ’

P H . Brewer s Blackbird from ort arvey Collected by Provincial Constable G . H. Clark at our request ( this bird having been repo rted as the Chinese S tarling in the Alert Bay

District ) .

. i California Purple Finch , Victoria , by M ss E . Govett and G . Moraes

l s in W E H Western Tanager, S a t pr g I sland , Miss . . illier .

California Yell ow Warbler , South S aanich , A. R . Sherwood E Pileolated Warbler, Victoria , . A. Cooke .

OOLOGY

Tufted Puffin egg . Bare Island , Clayoquot Sound ( Rev . C . J . Young ) .

Two Tufted Pufli n eggs . Lucy Island , Queen Charlotte Islands ( R . A. Cumming ) . ix “ S Rhinoceros Auklet eggs . Pine Island , Queen Charlotte Sound ( Rev . C . J. Youn g ) . ’

assin s A . P C uklet egg ine Island , Queen Charlotte Sound ( Rev . C . J . Young )

S A . L ixteen ncient Murrelet eggs ucy Island , Queen Charlotte Islands ( R . A. Cummings )

- Fork tailed Petrel egg . Pine Island , Queen Charlotte S ound ( Rev . C . J . Young ) .

- L Two Violet green Cormorant eggs . ucy Island , Queen Charlotte Islands ( R . A. Cumming )

Skylark egg . South Saanich ( Rev . C . J . Young ) .

Chipping Sparrow nest . Victoria ( A. Sh otb olt ) .

Chipping Sparrow nest, Victoria ( H . Bowerman ) .

Warbler ? sp . nest and eggs . Victoria ( H . Bowerman)

- Bush tit nes t and four eggs . South Vancouver ( R . A. Cumming ) D h . Ba . Wes tern Robin nest and one egg Oak y ( J Syme and . C isholm )

n Western Robin nest a d eggs . Victo ria ( Francis Cullin )

Oology Foreign to B C.

Ostrich egg . Johannesburg , S outh Africa

R d- W — H B A e eyed Vireo , Nashville arbler, and Ruby throated umming ird nests US . ( Miss

D . Gordon Cox ) .

Ninety assorted British and American eggs ( Chas . Parker ) A ‘ Fifteen assorted British and merican eggs ( Rev . C . J . Young )

MAM MALOGY .

The following collection of small mammals donated by R . A. Cumming have been determined A D . . B by R M nderson , Chief, ivision of iology , National Museum , O ttawa Mountain Water Shrew ( S crew palu stris n av igator ( Baird ) Botan ie Mountain

- W r s: v a ran B . andering Shrew ( S o e v . g s aird ) Seymour Mountain .

Olympic Shrew ( S ores; v . seto sus Elliot ) . South Vancouver.

3 Eu tamias amr n s ini i ( ) Columbian Chipmunk ( u afi s Botan e Mountain .

i - E tami s . et d: Mount Baker Chipmunk ( u a a f S eymour Mountain .

S ciuru s hu dson i -us streatori A t treator Red Squirrel ( S c llen ) . Bo an ie Mountain .

2 ciurus d u lasii cascadcn sis A ( ) Cascades Chickaree ( S o g llen ) . S outh Vancouver . Queen Charlotte Island White—footed Mouse ( Peromyscu s man iculatus kcen i

Rose S pit , Queen Charlotte Islands .

- Per m m rt- ( 2 ) Sagebrush White footed Mouse ( o ysc us . a cmisice ( Rhoads ) Botanic

Mountain .

4 P W - Per m s us m aus terus S ( ) uget Sound hite footed Mouse ( o y c . outh Van

couver .

- Puget Sound White footed Mouse ( Peromyscu s m. austeru s ( Baird ) Seymour Mountain .

( 2 ) Western Bushy - tailed Rat ( Neotoma cin erea o cciden talis ( Baird ) Botan ie Mountain

- British Columbia Red backed Mouse ( Evotomys gapperi saturatu s Rhoads ) .

an an es en s B n i ( 2 ) Gray Meadow Mouse ( Microt us n n s c c ailey ) . Bota e Mountain i t s t n sen i a 2 ) Townsend Meadow Mouse ( M cro u ow d i V ncouver . The following miscellaneous specimens under this heading were also received during 1930

c am an r o t m Queen Charlotte Black Bear skin ( Eu ar tos eric u s ca l t az ( Osgood ) ) ( Mrs . W .

Fleet Robertson ) . L E 1 30 2 3 REPORT OF PROVINCIA M US UM , 9 . C

D . . S ilver Fox ( Vulpes alascen sis abietoru m ( Merriam ) ) ( Gilt Edge Fox Co . per M

McDon ald ) .

- H Ba W A. . air seal skull ( Pho ca r. richardm ( Gray ) Becher y ( . Newcombe )

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Vancouver Island Marmot (Marmo ta v an ooaveren sis Swarth ) . Jordan River, V . I . ,

W . feet elevation . Presented by K . J . Sjoberg per D . I . alker

P . . . Mice ( eromy scus Pine Island , Queen CharlOtte Sound ( Rev . C J Young )

- l Moose horns (A ces a. american a ( Clinton ) The skulls of two animals with the horns

Ki k in L S . locked . s at aw River , Peace River District ( purchased from ouis hopper )

- F H r Killer Whale skull ( Oroin as rectipin n a ( Cope ) Found in a kitchen midden , ulford a

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. A m . P . bour , by Mr ker an resented by Rev . Father Scheelen

L Mammalogy oan s .

E - : ight mounted heads from Lieutenant Commander and Mrs . Barnes , including Two Black lk D i B , O . . G B Carib oo D B . C. E , , ear yster , River , V I ; two rizzly ear , istrict , ; one Comox istr ct

- - B . . . . M . . B . C ; two Mule deer , oore Mountain , B C ; one Mountain sheep , C I nterior

- BC . The following mounted specimens from D r. Troughton : One Mule deer head , Interior ;

- - set . . one Mule deer horns , BC . Interior ; two Mountain sheep heads, B C. Interior

PUBLICATI ONS RECEIVED FROM OTHER INSTITUTION S .

A ‘ A c W D . C . merican sso iation of Museums , ashington , Ar H t istorical Scientific Society, Vancouver A ustralian Museum , Sydney , Australia Biological Board of Canada Biological Society of Washington Boston Society of Natural History B A ristol Museum and rt Gallery , England Bufialo f Y Society of Natural Sciences , Buf alo , N . . F Bureau of isheries , Madras , India

A s n F California cademy of Science , S a rancisco

California State, Sacramento Cambridge University Library Cardiff Naturalists ’ Society e P Carnegi Institute , ittsburgh , Pa. P Carnegie Museum , ittsburgh , Pa . Chicago Academy of Sciences Cleveland Museum of Natural History

‘ m tu r l Hi t r D 1 Colorado Museu of Na a s o y , enver , 0 0 0 . Dominion Government Publications Field Museum of Natural History Grand Rapids Public Library ( Michigan ) G H H ray erbarium , arvard University , Mass Illinois Natural History Survey r E i i R o . R . Insula xper ment Station , Piedras , P

John Crerar Library , Chicago A m Kansas cade y of Science , Manhattan , Kansas

L . ogan Museum , Beloit College , Wisconsin Manchester Museum Manx Museum and Ancient Monuments Trustees F A Museum of ine rts , Boston , Mass . t Na ional Museum , Melbourne , Australia m A a Newark Museu ssoci tion . Newark , NJ . New York Botanical Garden New York Z oological Society Nova Scotian Institute of Science Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station

Carried forward C 2 4 BRITI SH COLUMBIA.

— PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED FROM O TH ER. IN S TITUTIONS Con tin u ed

Brought forward Oxford University Press Peabody Museum of Salem

Peabody Museum , Yale University

Pennsylvania Museum , Philadelphia , Pa. Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences A Wis . . Public Museum , Milwaukee, , U S .

Rochester Academy of Science , Rochester , N Y.

Royal Ontario Museum , Toronto

Royal Scottish Museum , Edinburgh San Diego Society of Natural History Scripps Institution of Oceanography W Smithsonian Institution , ashington

State College of Washington , Pullman , Wash .

. S taten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences D r US . epa tment of Agriculture

University of California, Berkeley

University of Minnesota , Agricultural Experiment Station f University o Montreal , Montreal, Quebec University of Oklahoma

University of Toronto , Toronto , Ontario

W W . University of ashington , Seattle , ash F P l Wagner ree Institute of Science , hilade phia W ff W ales National Museum , Cardi ales Z oological S ociety of Philadelph l a

Total

r D A ihl We are indebted to the following for pamphlets received du ing the year : r. . S v a,

E W . Harlan I . S mith , and Miss ilee n hitehead Erlanson

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