Acknowledgments
Introduction
Checklist of British Columbia Birds
Passerines: Wood-Warblers through Old World Sparrows
Regular Species
Parulidae: Wood-Warblers
Thraupidae: Tanagers
Emberizidae: Towhees, Sparrows, Longspurs, and Allies
Cardinalidae: Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Icteridae: Blackbirds, Orioles, and Allies
Fringillidae: Cardueline Finches and Allies
Passeridae: Old World Sparrows
Casual, Accidental, Extirpated and Extinct Species
Changes in Status of the Avifauna of British Columbia, 1987 through 1999
Conclusion: The Birds of British Columbia in the Twenty-First Century
Avifaunal Biodiversity, Ecological Distribution and Patterns of Change
What Lies in Store for the Birds of British Columbia? New Philosophies, New
Concerns, and the New Conservation Challenge
Their Diversity, Their Significance, and Their Future
Appendices
1 Migration Chronology
2 Summary of Christmas Bird Counts in British Columbia, 1957 through 1993
3 Summary of Breeding Bird Surveys in British Columbia, 1968 through 1994
4 Contributors
5 Checklist of the Birds of British Columbia
References Cited
Index
Contributing Authors
About the Authors
