Selected Excerpts from the Vancouver Natural History Society “Bulletin”

Benson, Arthur 130

Bertrand, Miss 193

Biggar, Jim 255

Biology, marine 13, 22, 38, 51, 62, 82, 96, 104, 135, 137

Birch, 8, 12, 94, 190

scrub 218

western 6

Bird Hot Line 199, 205

Bistort, alpine 220

Bittercress 3, 37

Bittersweet, European 25, 270

Bittern, American 20, 42, 71, 158, 182, 225

Bitterroot 257

Black, Dr. Michael 217

Black Tusk 25, 56, 85, 192 –93, 196-98

Blackberry sp. 181, 260-261

dwarf red

trailing 84, 180, 201, 261

Blackbird, Brewer’s 19, 27, 42, 46, 71, 75, 79, 83, 92, 110, 115, 150, 158, 238, 296, 314

red-winged 19, 20, 27, 29, 35, 37, 42, 47-49, 59, 66, 70-71, 75, 79, 83, 115, 150, 158, 314

rusty 168, 199, 246, 247, 291-292

yellow-headed 99, 104, 115-117, 134, 157, 184, 212, 237, 274, 283, 300, 306, 314

Blackwall Peak 108

Bladderwort 62

Blaine, (Washington) 134

Blaney Lake 65

Creek 271

Bleeding heart, Pacific 3, 13, 30, 36, 44, 94, 180-182, 201

Blenheim Flats 76, 77, 89

Blenny 22

Bloodworm 3

Bluebell (see Harebell)

Blueberry sp. 6, 125, 188

bog 231, 281, 315

Bluebird sp. 17, 121, 169

Mountain 19, 108, 157, 168, 266, 299, 314

Western 105, 115

Blue Creek 210

Blue-eyed Mary sp. 1, 37, 44, 180-1

large-flowered 82

small-flowered 180, 201

Bobolink 169, 284

Bodsworth, Fred 183

Bog-orchid,

green 34

slender 189

Boletus chrysenton 90

Booth, John 86

Borden Dr. Carl 24

Botany 17, 23,27-8, 36, 44, 50-1, 72, 94, 100, 138, 147, 182, 185, 201, 204, 210, 217, 254

Botanie Valley 193, 229

Botany 17, 23, 27-28, 36, 44, 50-51, 72, 94, 100, 138, 147, 182, 185, 201, 204, 210, 217, 254

Boundary Bay 55, 90, 121, 128, 132, 136, 264, 300

Bowden, Mrs. M. 92

Bowen Island 67, 97, 275

Boy Scouts of Canada 18, 44, 151, 162, 185, 192, 229, 254

2nd Burnaby Centre Cub & Scout Group 124, 226

Point Grey-Dunbar 151

Boyce, Dr. Kenneth C.134, 274, 277

Brachiopods 39

Bracken 36, 94, 101, 134, 180, 202 (see also Fern, bracken)

Brackendale 153

Bracket fungi 36

varnished 34

Bralorne 147

Bramble, five-leaved 189

Brandvold, Ottar and Emil 56-57

Brandywine Falls 153

Brant, black 43, 79, 82, 90-92, 129, 247, 258, 266, 271, 292, 295, 306

Brass buttons 253

Bremerton, Washington 243, 286

Breyenton, Joy 146

Bridge Lake 115

River 146, 151, 203, 208, 210, 211, 288

Bridgeman Park 71, 77

Bridgeman’s Bluff 100

Brimley, Miss 49

Bristol Bay 135

British Columbia (See B.C.)

Broadacres, Mr. 93

Broadfoot, Barry 246

Brome Ridge 119

Broom, scotch 1, 94, 180-181

Brown, Jimmy 253

Brunette Creek 69, 75

River 213

Bryozoan 14, 250

Buchanan, Prof. Daniel 195

Buchanan, Sheila 15, 21, 23, 75, 77

Buck, Mrs. (Frank) 28

Buckbean 6

Buckbrush 84

Buckhorn Ridge Trail 17

Buckwheat sp. 189

Sulphur 220

Bufflehead 11, 12, 18, 27, 35, 42-43, 49-50, 66, 70, 76-77, 79, 90-92, 149, 158, 166, 184, 200, 266, 295, 313

Bullfrog 3, 16, 213

Bulrush 214

Bunchberry 6, 24, 34

Bunnell, Mr. 214

Bunting, lark 169

lazuli 105, 114, 117, 157, 284, 306-

307

Burbot 154

Burdock, common 36, 74

Burnaby 274

Burnaby Lake 3, 5, 14, 16, 47, 69, 75, 123, 124, 130, 132, 149, 158, 166, 213, 226- 227, 262, 270, 282-284, 299-300, 306

Mountain 15, 81, 98

Municipal Council 213, 226

Centennial project 226

Burnaby Lake ‘Day’ 297

Burnet sp. 73, 82

Burns Bog 119, 183, 185, 254, 283

Burrard Bridge 76, 150

Burrard Field Naturalists 26, 192

Burrard formation 15, 28

Burrard Inlet 75, 167

Burrows, Eva M. 37

Burwash, Dr. E.M. 4, 39, 40

Bur-weed, silver 31

Bushtit, common 4, 16, 59, 83, 84, 225, 293

Butler, Dr. Robert J. (Rob)175, 261, 299

Buttercup sp. 85, 92, 147, 164, 252

creeping 181, 201

little 30, 201

subalpine 189

western 73

Butterfly, 9, 27, 64, 234, 238

alpine 9

cabbage 234

California tortoiseshell 298

checkerspots 9

comma 9

crescent spots 9

great blue morph 238

hairstreak 9

orange-tip 235

pine white 234

ringlets 9

sulphurs 9, 234

swallowtail 9, 23

tiger swallowtail 9

western tiger swallowtail 319

white admiral 9

whites 9, 235

wood-nymph 9

Butterweed, arrow-leaved 219

dwarf mountain 188, 219

rayless alpine 188

Buttle Lake 61, 119, 245
C
CHQM Radio 246

Cache Creek 145

Cactus, prickly pear 8, 82

Caddisfly 9

Calypso (see Fairy-slipper)

Callaghan Lake 153

Camas sp. 21

common 37, 51, 73, 82, 124

death 1, 21, 37, 44, 51, 73, 82, 180- 181

Cambie Bridge 150

Cambridge Bay 137

Camosun Bog 94

Camp Byng 93, 151, 162

Campbell, Jim 73

Campbell, R. Wayne 124, 130, 137, 150, 159, 162, 166, 172-174, 183, 199, 201, 207, 214, 226, 227, 237, 238, 247, 248, 258, 259, 265, 268, 273-274, 276-277, 279-280, 283-284, 290, 293-294, 299-300, 306-308

Campbell River (Surrey) 245

Campbell River (Vancouver Island) 311

Campbell River Regional Park (Langley) 245, 316-319

Campion, Douglas 281

moss 147, 187, 218, 231, 281

Parry’s 187

red 101

Canadian Audubon Society 139, 145

Canadian Audubon Magazine 145

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 209

Canadian National Railway 253

Canadian Nature Federation 119

Canadian Orchid Survey 186

Canadian Pacific Railway 67

Canadian Wildlife Service 24, 58, 62-63, 69, 79, 121, 127, 130, 136, 142, 154, 213, 214, 224, 226, 242, 258, 261

Canal Flats 262

Candystick 23, 231

Cantharellus, sp. 34, 40, 45, 89

tubaeformis 89

Canvasback 42, 43, 48, 49, 71, 79, 90, 149, 159, 166, 200, 214, 247, 266

Capercaillie 174

Capilano, canyon 5, 60

creek 39

dam 60

park 60, 254

river 5, 15, 60, 61, 160

valley 4, 40

Carbon 14 dating 217

Carbon dioxide absorption 310

Cardiff Mountain 259, 260

Carl, Dr. Clifford (Cliff) 170, 229

Carson, Rachael 121

Carter, Dr. N. (Neal) 17

Cascade Range 4, 15

Cascara 3, 6, 9, 10, 12, 30, 36, 51, 94, 119, 181, 201

Castle Towers 192

Catbird, gray 8, 19, 105, 115, 117, 157, 266, 276, 284, 306-307

Catchfly, night-flowering 101

red (see Campion, red)

Cates Bay 181-182

Catfish 3

Cathedral Lakes 52, 53, 133, 141, 152, 153, 155, 179, 186, 272

Cathedral Lakes Provincial Park 163, 179

Cattail 5, 13, 15, 20, 30, 36, 99, 214

Caulfeild 1, 14, 21, 28, 30, 36, 37, 51, 97, 195

Ceanothus, redstem 201

Cedar, 30, 33, 50, 68, 107, 156

(see also Red-cedar – Yellow-cedar)

Centennial Museum (Vancouver) (see Vancouver Centennial Museum)

Centennial Park 280

Chat, yellow-breasted 104, 105, 114, 117, 157

Cheakamus Lake 119
Checklists: Birds of Southern Okanagan 244

Birds of Southern Vancouver Island 205

Birds of Vancouver 199, 215, 237

Cherry, sp. 36, 68

bitter 94, 180-181

choke 231

wild black 231

Chickadee, 4, 8, 19, 27, 46, 47, 71, 76, 80, 112, 151, 168, 225, 246

black-capped 11, 12, 16, 43, 50, 75, 77, 79, 83, 92, 114, 137, 150, 158, 225, 271, 313, 319

boreal 109, 112, 156, 167, 168

chestnut-backed 29, 35, 100, 109,

136, 137, 150, 158, 225, 271, 296

mountain 157-158, 225, 313

Chickweed, sp. 33, 36, 37, 180

Bering 218

field 73, 180-181

mouse ear 44, 73

Chief Mathias 195

Chilcotin Plateau 259, 272, 314

Chilko Lake 259, 301-302

Chilliwack 11, 24, 88, 101, 156, 165, 226, 238

Chilliwack Golf & Country Club 283

China creek 119

Chipmunk, yellow-pine 105, 112

Chironimid larvae 214

Chiton sp. 21, 82, 104, 248

Giant (Gumboot) 82, 104

Chitty, Dr. Dennis 132

Chokeberry, red 232

Christie Island 32, 53-54, 126-127, 212

Christmas Bird Counts 76-77, 114, 176, 185

1965 149

1966 161

1968 206

1970 291-292

1970 (Ladner) 293

Chroogomphus tomentosus 90

Chukar (partridge) 168, 283

Cicada 9

Cinder Cone 56, 85-86, 198

Cinquefoil, sp. 201

diverse-leaved 189, 220, 282

fan-leaved 189

Norwegian 270

snow 220

City of New Westminster 213

Clam, sp. 104

cockle 14

fossil 55

horse or gaper 52, 82

Japanese littleneck 261

Pacific littleneck 39, 261

‘rock-boring’ 39

Clark, Colin 279-280, 284

Clark, Dr. R.H. 52, 195

Clark, Yvonne 146

Clawson, Gladys 159, 185

Clay, Mr. (Les) 92, 96

Clayburn 72

Claytonia sp. 1, 35, 37, 180, 189, 201

Cleavers 13, 36, 73

Clelland Island 300

Clingfish, northern 39

Clinker Mountain 105, 106

Clinton 26, 197

Cloudberry 6

Clover, sp. 22, 27, 31, 82

cup 73

Club-moss, running 202

Coast Range 4, 58, 203, 210-212, 259, 260, 302

Cobble Hill (Vancouver Island) 2

Cod Island 182

Coldstream 105

Coleman, Prof. H.T.J. 195

Collingwood 54

Collomia, narrow-leaved 270

Colony Farm (Essondale) 144

Colt’sfoot, sweet 188

Columbia River 42

Columbia Valley 87

Columbine, sp. 8, 9, 182

red or Sitka 31, 73, 84, 189, 201

Comox Strathcona Natural History Society 156, 170-171

“Condor” (Journal) 311

Connaught Tunnel 67

Connell, A.R. 243

Connor, C.F. 193, 262, 279

Conservation Committee (V.N.H.S.) 118, 138, 141, 151, 163-164, 296

Conservation Education Committee (V.N.H.S.) 165

Constitution (V.N.H.S.) 122

Consumer’s Association of Canada 254

Continental drift theory 202-203

Coontail 214

Cooper Ornithological Society 140

Coot, American 6, 11, 16, 18, 21, 27, 36, 42,

47, 50, 68, 75, 77, 79, 90, 114, 129,

149, 157, 166, 184

Copperbush 24, 29, 34-35

Coquihalla 201

Coquitlam Lake 39

River 182

Slough 123-124

Coralline algae 39

Coralroot, sp. 6, 124

spotted 1, 6, 82, 318

Coralberry 232

Cordilleran Ice Sheet (Glacier) 55

Cormorant, Brandt’s 12, 19, 149, 159, 173,

224, 266, 295

double-crested 33, 43, 48, 49, 59, 70,

75, 77, 79, 90, 137, 149, 158, 224, 266,

295

pelagic 2, 19, 27, 32, 41, 43, 49, 53, 76, 77, 79, 90, 149, 159, 266, 295

Corydalis, pink 180, 201

Cosen’s Bay 105

Cotton grass 6

Cottontail, Nuttall’s 105

Cottonwood, 8, 94, 142, 200

Cougar 155, 253

“Cougar Hunt in Utah” 290

Courtenay 156

Cowan, I. Mct. (see McTaggart-Cowan)
Cowbird, brown-headed 114, 157, 296, 314

Cowichan Valley Naturalists 148, 154, 156, 178

Cow-parsnip 148, 220

Coyote 122, 154-155, 258

Crab, Dungeness 104

hermit 14, 104

rock 14

shore 14, 104, 260-261

Cranberry, bog 6, 181

Crane, sandhill 102, 110, 142, 217, 274, 283, 285, 299

whooping 119

Crater Lake (Oregon) 209, 289

Crayfish 3

Crease Clinic 124

Creeper, brown 79, 92, 150, 169, 225

Creeper, Virginia 232, 238

Crescent Beach 22, 31, 38, 43, 51, 102, 195, 216, 253, 270, 318

Crescent City (California) 250

Creston Flats 154

Cricket, sp. 7, 64, 81, 258

cave or camel 64

Crossbill, red 41, 61, 109, 112, 114, 157, 161- 162, 173, 282

white-winged 161-162, 175, 267, 277, 283

Crow, sp. 252, 260

American 19, 112, 115, 157, 313

northwestern 11, 12, 27, 33, 35, 42, 53, 59, 71, 76, 79, 83, 150, 158, 224- 225, 260, 296

Crow, diet 260-261

Crowberry 25, 31, 85, 188, 219, 281

Crown Lake 192, 196

Crown Mountain 40

Crown Zellerbach 171

Crowsnest Pass 185

Crystal Lake 56

Crystal Water Beach 51

Cuckoo, black-billed 169

Culliton Creek 145

Cup and Saucer (algae) 39

Curlew, long-billed 20, 199, 217, 300

Hudsonian 44, 70, 102

Currant, maple-leaved 189

red-flowering 30, 181

Cypress Lodge 153

Arctic 187, 219

cut-leaved 188

subalpine 147, 188, 219, 231, 282

Daisy Lake 153

Dam Mountain 29, 34

Damselfly 3, 9

Dandelion, sp. 175, 216

false 85, 218

horned 188, 219

mountain 187

Darling, Mrs. 292

Darwin, Charles 227

Davidson, A.R. (Albert) 205

Davidson, Edna

Davidson, Professor, John M. 1, 2, 5, 7,

9, 10, 12, 14, 17, 21-22, 26, 28, 30-31,

36, 38, 43-44, 51, 111, 116, 143-144,

191-196, 229, 233, 253

“Davidsonia” 238

de Boville Slough 124

Deer, sp. 9, 112, 154, 203, 253

black-tailed 318

coastal mule 17, 24, 67, 84, 191

‘mowitch’ 253

whitetail 257

Deer Lake 124, 130, 166, 183,262, 292

Delta, B.C. 119, 123, 129, 175, 183, 255, 299

Delta Garbage Dump 243, 286

Delta Municipal Council 132

Denman Island 62-63

Dept. Lands and Forests 245

Dept. of Recreation and Conservation 122, 128, 130, 141, 153, 170, 297

Departure Bay 51, 82

Deroche 24

Desert-parsley, barestem 31

Desolation Valley 187

Devereaux, Stan 285

Devil’s club 25, 35, 195

Devonshire Park 282

Diamond Head 56, 57, 92, 194, 277

Dipper, American 4, 56, 77, 90, 150, 160, 190, 206, 271, 279

“Discovery” 215, 228, 229, 232, 233, 279

Docents 37, 151, 162, 166, 178, 185, 254

Dock 51

Dodder, salt marsh 22, 31, 44, 270

Dogfish 248

Dogwinkle, frilled 14

Dogwood, sp. 1, 163, 175, 176, 196, 204, 223, 232

Pacific, 1, 2, 5, 12, 30, 36, 37, 44, 82, 180, 181, 201, 232-233

red-osier 201

panicled 232

silky 232

Dogwood and Rhododendron

Protection Act 163, 175

Dominion Herbarium 90

Dominion Road 124

Donaldson, Judy 314

Dorst, Adrian 292, 306

Douglas, Paul 173

Douglas-fir 12, 30, 61, 73, 82, 84, 181, 186, 234, 257, 258

Dove, mourning 89, 102, 109, 110, 114, 183, 201,293

rock 149, 158, 161, 206, 224, 247, 292

Dowitcher, sp. 183, 283

long-billed 158, 169, 183, 247, 292-

293

Dragonfly 9, 214

Driedmeat Lake (Alberta)169

Dryad’s broom 34, 46

Duck, American black 12

harlequin 32, 92, 149, 158, 225,266, 295

mandarin 27, 43, 50

ring-necked 6, 16, 27, 38, 71, 75, 77, 78, 80, 92, 149, 158, 168, 183, 200, 213, 256, 266

ruddy 27, 49, 79, 90, 114, 150, 157, 158, 160, 166, 184, 200, 213, 266, 292, 313

tufted 41, 220, 244, 246-247, 285, 291, 292

wood 29, 35, 43, 50, 77, 123, 126, 134, 149, 152, 157-158, 166, 207, 226, 246, 266, 317

(see also Wood Duck Nest Box Program)

Duck Lake 42, 154

Ducks Unlimited Canada 120, 289

Duckweed 6, 214

Dunlevy sandstone 220

Dunlin 21, 27, 43, 48, 66, 70, 79, 80, 115, 149, 159, 295
E
Eagle, bald 16, 33, 46, 61, 67, 79, 83, 108,

114, 136, 137, 142, 149, 150, 177, 200, 207, 271, 280, 295, 308, 311, 313

golden 96, 142, 168, 299, 307, 311

Eagle Creek 213

Harbour 306

Ridge 103

Earthquakes 212, 249, 150, 249, 251

East Kootenay 41, 179, 257, 258

Eel-grass 32, 38, 90, 104

Egret, common 285

Eiche, Kurt-Eric 134, 138, 162

Elderberry, red 36, 180, 232

black 232

Eldorado Mountain 146, 148

Elephant’s-head (see Lousewort,

elephant’s-head)

Elephant Seal, Northern 248

Elias, Mel 283-284, 292

Elizabeth Mine 194, 197, 203, 209, 218

Elk 257

Elk Island National Park 169

Empetrum Ridge 196, 198

Empire Mercury Mine 146

Enchanted Maiden (Mountain) 192

English Bay 1, 76-77, 90, 134, 173, 247,285, 291

English Bluff 80

EnQual (Environmental Quality) 179

Ensatina 84

Erigeron sp. 8, 35, 187, 188, 218, 219

Eriophyllum, woolly 22, 31, 73

Erskine, Dr. Tony 139

Eudistylia 14, 104

European Field Trip 290, 310

Everett (Washington) 286

Exploring Manning Park 230-231
F

Fairybells, Hooker’s (Oregon) 34, 188,

201, 270

Fairy-slipper (Calypso) 72, 125, 318

Falcon, Peale’s 41,

Peregrine 33, 48, 149, 158, 200, 225, 285, 295

False Asphodel (see Asphodel)

Falsebox 1, 180

False Creek 15, 91, 94, 119, 228

False Solomon’s seal, 182

pink 201

“small” 270

star-flowered 25, 201

Farewell-to-spring 72

Fawn lily 1, 92, 124, 180-182

Federation of B.C. Naturalists 200, 251-

252, 254, 297

Federation of Ontario Naturalists 119

Ferguson, Maisy 275

Ferguson Point 280

Fern, bracken 36, 94, 101, 134, 180, 202

Deer 202

Kruckeberg’s holly 220

lady 36, 202

licorice 180, 202

maidenhair 24, 25, 201

male 202

oak 6, 24, 25, 35, 190, 202

parsley 100, 180, 202, 220

rattlesnake 202

slender lip 218, 220

sword 37, 180, 182, 202, 218, 220

Fiddleneck 33

Finch, sp. 16 (see also Rosyfinch)

Cassin’s 160

house 62, 76, 79-80, 83, 150, 158, 255-257

purple 16, 19, 27, 50, 76, 80, 83, 92, 114, 158, 314

Findlay Forks 262

Fingernail shells 62

Finisterre Island 181, 275

Fir, amabilis 187, 190

grand 12, 30, 67, 73

sub alpine 52, 56, 85, 187, 190, 220

Fireweed 36, 56, 94, 146, 181, 188, 219

Fir-moss, Pacific 190,

Fish, J. 17

Fish and Game Branch 119, 120, 122

Fishem Lake 210, 211

Fisher, Dean 2

Fisher, Dr. Fred 186, 198, 251, 265, 273, 291, 310

Fisher, Mrs. Emmy 186, 270-271, 276-277, 310

Flax 8

golden 188

shaggy 219

Fleas, snow 86

Flicker, northern 4, 12, 19, 27, 35, 42, 43, 47, 48, 50, 59, 68, 75-77, 80, 93, 114, 149, 158, 168, 173, 190, 205, 248,296, 314, 317

‘yellow-shafted’ 205, 277, 285

Flounder sp. 308

Flycatcher, sp. 257

ash-throated 69 102

dusky 71, 168

Hammond’s 71, 274

least 168, 169, 212, 257, 276

olive-sided 61, 100, 112, 114, 190, 212, 274, 314, 317

Pacific-slope 19, 71, 108, 114, 212, 255, 296

scissor-tailed 246

willow 16, 19, 108, 212, 314

yellow-bellied 169

Foam flower sp. 187

cut-leaved 281

one-leaved 189, 281

three-leaved 201, 281