Wayne Weber wrote:

>The first B.C. record of Costa's Hummingbird in 1972 was viewed with
>skepticism by many at the time (for example, it was ridiculed in print by
>A.O.U. Check-list Committee member Allan Phillips) because it was then by
>far the northernmost record of the species.

Minor correction: Allan Phillips was never a member of the A.O.U.
Check-list Committee.


Dick Johnson
Conner Museum
Washington State University
Pullman, WA