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west of the Coast range; winters on Vancouver island. (Fannin.) 

 Common resident at Chilliwack, B.C. (Brooks.) At Revelstoke 

 this species was found with the Batchelder woodpecker, but further 

 down the Columbia river at Robson and Deer Park, the specimens 

 taken were all of this form. It was next found at Agassiz in the 

 Fraser River valley, and at Chilliwack and Huntingdon, B.C., in 

 1 90 1. Saw one pair at Douglas, B.C., in 1906. On Vancouver 

 island it is resident and very abundant. (Spreadborough.) 



3946. Batchelder Woodpecker. 



Dryohates piihescens homorous (Cab.) Ridgw. 1896. 



Very common throughout the interior of British Columbia along 

 the C.P.Ry. (Streator.) Common around Lake Okanagan, B.C., 

 in winter. Scarce in the Cariboo district, B.C. Not observ^ed in 

 the winter months, 1901. (Brooks.) We have not found this 

 species further east than the Columbia river at Robson, B.C., where 

 a specimen was taken, and another at Revelstoke in April, 1891. 

 It was common at Kamloops and Spence Bridge, B.C., in June, 

 1889. (Macoun.) Observed a pair at Fernie, B.C., May, 1904; 

 six at Penticton, B.C., April, 1903, and a pair at Midway, April 8th, 

 1905. (Spreadborough.) 



394d. Nelson Downy Woodpecker. 



Dryobates pubescens nelsoni Oberholser. 1895. 



We place here without remark all references to the downy wood- 

 pecker of the northern parts of Canada and Alaska. We have no 

 specimens. 



This species is a constant inhabitant of the Northwest Terri- 

 tories up to Lat. 58°. It seeks its food principally on the maple, 

 elm and ash, and north of Lat. 54°, where these trees do not grow, 

 on the aspen and birch. (Richardson.) North to Fort Laird, 

 Lat. 61°; not rare. (Ross.) A few specimens were observed on 

 the Athabaska river, Atha. Rare between Methye lake and Isle 

 a la Crosse. (/. M. Macoun.) Throughout Alaska where wood- 

 land or a growth of bushes and small trees occurs the present bird 

 is certain to be found, and is a resident, winter and summer. (Nel- 

 son.) This species ranges throughout the wooded districts of 

 Alaska. Along the Yukon river it is very common. (Turner.) 



