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This species is not uncommon in the hills north of Ottawa, and 

 is known to breed. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Said to have been 

 formerly resident at Toronto, Ont. Muskoka and Parry Sound 

 districts seem to be the home of this species. The work done by 

 the pileated woodpecker in cutting into dead trees is wonderful. 

 A pair will work all winter at one tree cutting it to pieces. I have 

 several times seen stubs that have been so cut up that they have 

 broken down. The birds cut deep holes in the sides of the trees to 

 get entrance into the soft centre when the cuts are continued and 

 lengthened until little of its inside remains. (/. H. Fleming.) 

 Found quite numerous at Whitney on the Parry Sound railway late 

 in the fall of 1898. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) Not common in Algonquin 

 park in summer; more plentiful in winter. One individual seen on 

 Missinabi river, Ont., June 19th, 1904. {Spreadhorough.) A rare 

 resident in the neighbourhood of London, Ont. {W. E. Saunders.) 



Rare resident in heavy timber, but becomes more abundant to the 

 northward. According to Hutchins it has been taken in January 

 at Gloucester House in lat. 50° 31' N., long. 96° 03' W., 387 miles 

 up the Albany river. {E. T. Seton.) A fairly numerous breeder in 

 the heavier spruce districts of the northern and eastern parts of 

 Manitoba and about Lake Winnipegosis and the Saskatchewan 

 river but not outside this timber. (Atkinson.) This great wood- 

 pecker is a resident all the year in the interior of the Northwest 

 Territories, up to lat. 62° or 63°, rarely appearing near Hudson bay, 

 but frequenting the gloomiest recesses of the forests that skirt the 

 Rocky mountains. (Richardson.) North to Fort Liard, lat. 61°; 

 rare. (Ross.) Rare on the Clearwater river, Atha., lat. 56° 40'. 

 (/. M. Macoun.) Common east and west of the Coast range. 

 (Lord.) Common in the coast region where it breeds; they are not 

 very common on Vancouver island. (Streator.) Common; but 

 more abundant on the coast. (Fannin.) Common resident at 

 Chilliwack, B.C.; tolerably common around Lake Okanagan, B.C., 

 in winter; scarce in the Cariboo district, B.C. (Brooks.) One seen 

 between Lesser Slave lake and Peace River Landing, Atha. ; a few 

 were noted at Banff in 1891 ; seen at Revelstoke in April, 1890; at 

 Deer Park, Lower Arrow lake, June 14th, 1890, and at Robson on 

 the Columbia river, at an altitude of 4,200 feet, June 26th, 1890; 

 and quite common between Trail and Cascade, on the 49th parallel, 

 in 1902; saw several at Penticton in 1903, found it common at Elko 



