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394. Downy Woodpecker. 



Dryobates puhescens medianus (Swains.) Brewster. 1897. 



Very common in Newfoundland and a resident. (Reeks.) Fairly 

 common along the Humber river, Newfoundland. (L. H. Porter.) 

 Common and resident in southern portions of Labrador; probably 

 does not range north of lat. 56°. (Packard.) Only one specimen 

 observed on Moose river, June 6th, 1896; none in Labrador. Ob- 

 served in 1904 from Missinabi river to the mouth of Hannah river, 

 James bay. (Spreadborough.) A specimen collected by Haydon 

 at Moose Factory is in the U. S. National Museum. (Preble.) 

 Seen during the winter at Lake Mistassini, northern Quebec. (/. 

 M. Macoun.) 



Rather common resident in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) Common 

 throughout the year at Wolfville, N.S. (H.F. Tufts.) Common resident 

 at Sydney, Cape Breton island, N.S. (C. R. Harte.) On trees 

 in woods, Brackley Point, Prince Edward Island, 1888; also in 

 woods. Cape Breton Island, 1898. (Macoun.) A common resi- 

 dent, Cumberland county, N.S., winter of 1897-98. (C. H. Morrell.) 

 Abundant throughout the entire year in New Brunswick. (Cham- 

 berlain.) A tolerably common permanent resident, breeds, York 

 county, N.B. (W. H. Moore.) Very rare in the Restigouche 

 valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) One seen on Grindstone island, 

 Magdalen islands. (Bishop.) One pair was seen nesting at Fox 

 bay, Anticosti, Que., in July. (Brewster.) Taken at Beauport; 

 common resident in Quebec. (Dionne.) A common and per- 

 manent resident in the Montreal district; breeds in Mount Royal 

 park; scarce during the winter months but plentiful in the spring 

 of the year. (Wintle.) 



An abundant resident in the Ottawa district, but more common 

 in spring and summer. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) A common 

 resident in Ontario, but more common in spring and fall migra- 

 tions. (Mcllwraith.) This species breeds near Toronto but is 

 much more common in the Muskoka district. (/. H. Fleming.) 

 I found this species abundant at Whitney, Parry Sound railway, 

 during November and December, 1898. (/. Hughes -Samuel.) 

 Breeding but not common in Algonquin park, Ont., July, 1900. 

 (Spreadborough.) Common in spring, summer and fall and is our 



