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 Fiiiuily ALCEDINID.E. KiNr.FisiiKU.s. 



Ceryle alcyoii (Liiui.)- Hclkd KUxjjinhrr. 



A resident species, cominon ou streams as las up as the base of Mount 

 Shasta. 



Family I'ICID.E. Woodpeckkus. 



Dryobates villosus harrisii (Aud.). Ilanin's }Voo<lpeckir. 



Coninion everj'wliere in the higher country, l^'ouud also in the red- 

 wood forests of the' coast. 



Dryobates piibescens gairdnerii (Aiul.). <!<iir(hi(r's li'ooilpccher. 



Common in all parts of the country, except at the western side of 

 Mount Lassen, where I do not remember to liaveseeii il. It was found 

 breeding at Baird in April and May. Once, when rowing on the Mc- 

 Cloud Itiver, I was attracted to a nest of this species by seeing a snake 

 crawl into a hole in a dead stump overhanging the water. Investiga- 

 tion proved that it had made a meal of the young woodpeckers. 



Dryobates nuttalli Gamb.. KnltalVa IVoodpeclcr. 



Found only in the timber belts of the upper Sacramento Valley, of 

 w^hich it is probably a constant resident, as it was very common about 

 Bed Bluif both in spring aud fall. In Mandi it was more frequently 

 seen in the cottonwoods aud sycamores by the river than elsewhere. 



Xenopicus albolarvatiis (Cass.)- Uhilc-hetulrd ]Voodi)€tker. 



This bird was found to be very common iu summer, in the [>ineries, 

 out of which I have not seen it. Three nests containing young birds 

 were found early in June, iu tlie Mount L:issen region, where tlie s[»ecies 

 appeared to be more numerous than about Mount Shasta. These nests 

 were iu holes iu dead pine trees, within ten or fifteen feet of the ground. 



Picoides arcticus (Swains.). Ai-cllr Thrce-tocd Jroodpcck-ci-. 



Two specimens of the Three-toed AVoodi)ecker were obtained in the 

 dense forest east of Mount Lassen early in June, i^one were found 

 west of the Sierras, where the species is probably very rare. It was 

 found rather common along the eastern slope by Mr. Hensliaw. 



Spliyrapicus varius iiuchalis Eaird. Ilid-napcd Sapsucker. 



A single specimen of this form was obtained at Laird, November 13, 

 1883. This is the only record of the occurrence of this s[)ecies west of 

 the Sierras, it being ])roperly a bird of tlie region east of the iiiountains. 



Spliyrapicus ruber (CJiii.). Ilcd-bnatted Hapniukd-. 



Found in midsunnner in limited numbers ou the heavily pine timltered 

 slopes of Mounts Shasta aud Lassen, aud in December iu the redwood 

 forests on the coast. Numerous specimeus of this ami the next species 

 were collected at Fort Crook, by Feilner aud Parkinson. 



