Subject: Xantus 's Hummer
Date: May 17 20:07:22 1999
From: Andy Stepniewski - steppie at wolfenet.com


Michael Price explains the BC Records Committees decision on the infamous
Xantus's Hummingbird present for an extended period at Gibsons on the
Sechelt Peninsula in BC:
>
> In two circulations, the BC rarities committee voted against inclusion to

> the BC List (votes: 5-2, 5-2) due to the unresolved question of
provenance.
> The committee then placed the record into a 'Pending' category to await
> further records of BC or mid-Cascadian coast occurrence from which it may
be
> possible in coming years to elucidate a vagrancy pattern if such emerges.

The folks at National Geographic must not of heard of the decision by the
BC Committee, as the new 3rd edition field guide clearly states this
hummer is a vagrant to BC.

Andy Stepniewski
Wapato WA