332 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



An adult male taken at Sheep camp, Kenai peninsula, Alaska. 

 (Anderson.) This was the most numerous species of the family 

 observed in the Kenai mountains, its favourite haunt being the 

 spruce and cottonwood thickets, where it was usually found in 

 pairs. (Figgins.) Two specimens were collected by Figgins which 

 Mr. Chapman says are indistinguishable from the average eastern 

 specimens of D. pubescens medianus. 



All our skins of D. pubescens and its sub-species have been 

 examined by Mr. F. Chapman of New York Museum of Natural 

 History. 



CLXVIII. XENOPICUS Baird. 1858. 



399. White-headed Woodpecker. 



Xenopiciis albolarvatus (Cass.) Malherbe. 1862. 



A rare and beautiful species; obtained only east of the Coast 

 range. {Lord.) Coast range; Similkameen valley, collected by 

 R. V. Griffin. {Fannin.) I have heard of this species but never 

 came across it at Lake Okanagan, B.C. {Brooks.) 



CLXIX. PICOIDES Lac^p^de. 1801. 



400. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Picoides ardicus (Swains.) Gray. 1845. 



Recorded from the Hudson bay region by several collectors. 

 {Preble.) Tolerably common in Newfoundland throughout the year. 

 {Reeks.) Common along the Humber river, Newfoundland. (L. H. 

 Porter.) Common and resident throughout the wooded portions of 

 Labrador. {Packard.) Only one specimen seen on Moose river; none 

 in Labrador in 1896. {Spreadborough.) Not a common resident in 

 Nova Scotia. Prefers burnt forest. {Downs.) Resident, not 

 uncommon in heavy timber in Nova Scotia. {H. F. Tufts.) One 

 observed at Baddeck, Cape Breton island, June, 1890. (F. A. 

 Allen.) Resides throughout the year but is uncommon in New 

 Brunswick. {Chamberlain.) Rare in the Restigouche valley, N.B. 

 {Brittain & Cox.) A common resident in York county, N.B. {W. 

 H. Moore.) A single specimen was seen near Gaspe, and another 

 heard at the mouth of the Mingan river. Que. {Brewster.) Taken 



