CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- General -- The Bird Resource: Its National and International Significance -- The Environment and Changes to Ecoprovinces of British Columbia -- Taxonomy and Nomenclature -- Methods, Terms, and Abbreviations -- Data Sources and Limitations -- Data Management and Summarization -- The Raw Data -- Form and Content -- Checklist of British Columbia Birds -- Passerines: Flycatchers through Vireos -- REGULAR SPECIES -- Tyrannidae: Tyrant Flycatchers -- Alaudidae: Larks -- Hirundinidae: Swallows -- Corvidae: Jays, Magpies, and Crows -- Paridae: Titmice -- Aegithalidae: Bushtits -- Sittidae: Nuthatches -- Certhiidae: Creepers -- Troglodytidae: Wrens -- Cinclidae: Dippers -- Muscicapidae: Kinglets, Bluebirds, and Thrushes -- Mimidae: Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers -- Motacillidae: Wagtails and Pipits -- Bombycillidae: Waxwings -- Laniidae: Shrikes -- Sturnidae: Starlings and Allies -- Vireonidae: Vireos -- CASUAL, ACCIDENTAL, EXTIRPATED, AND EXTINCT SPECIES -- APPENDICES -- Appendix 1: Migration Chronology -- Appendix 2: Summary of Christmas Bird Counts in British Columbia 1957 Through 1993 -- Appendix 3: Summary of Breeding Bird Surveys in British Columbia 1968 Through 1994 -- Appendix 4: Contributors -- Appendix 5: Structure of Data Base Files Used for Birds of British Columbia, Volume 3 -- Appendix 6: dBase Programs Used in Preparing Birds of British Columbia, Volume 3 -- REFERENCES CITED -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS.