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Faulkton, April 15. North Dakota — Fargo, April 15. Manitoba — 

 Aweme, March 31; Margaret, April 17. Saskatchewan — Indian 

 Head, April 4. Colorado — Estes Park, April 27. Wyoming — Yel- 

 lowstone Park, May 12. Montana — Columbia Falls, April 13. Al- 

 berta — Stony Plain, April 1; Edmonton, May 2. Mackenzie — Fort 

 Simpson, May 11. Alaska — Chilkat River, April 12; Admiralty Is- 

 land, April 17 ; Forrester Island, May 6. 



Fall migration. — Late dates of fall departure are : Alberta — Glen- 

 evis, September 24. Montana — Fortine, September 20; Kalispell, 

 October 1. Wyoming — Yellowstone Park, October 2. Colorado — 

 De Beque, October 1; Denver, October 8; Walden, October 16. Sas- 

 katchewan — Indian Head, September 25. Manitoba — Shoal Lake, 

 September 30; Treesbank, October 14; Margaret, October 24. North 

 Dakota — Rice Lake, October 1; Fargo, October 2. South Dakota — 

 Yankton, October 5 ; Faulkton, October 20. Nebraska — Monroe Can- 

 yon, Sioux County, October 4. Minnesota — Elk River, October 15; 

 Lanesboro, October 19. Northern Michigan — Blaney, October 1; 

 Houghton, October 2; Sault Ste. Marie, October 22. Nova Scotia — 

 Sable Island, October 9. New Brunswick — Scotch Lake, November 

 4. Quebec — Montreal, October 1; Quebec City, October 2. 



Casual records. — According to Reid (1884) several specimens of 

 this species were taken in Bermuda during the period 1847-1850 when 

 it bred in that area. He also noted it in 1875. A specimen was 

 found dead at Julianshaab, Greenland, in July 1845; another was 

 obtained in that general region about 1858 ; and an adult female was 

 collected at Loup Bay, Labrador, on May 5, 1899. 



Egg dates. — Alberta: 19 records. May 20 to June 18; 10 records, 

 May 30 to June 11, indicating the height of the season. 



California: 13 records. May 12 to June 21; 7 records, May 30 to 

 June 9. 



Colorado : 19 records. May 27 to June 15 ; 10 records, June 4 to 12. 



Illinois : 5 records, April 20 to June 3. 



Nova Scotia : 14 records. May 28 to June 15 ; 7 records, June 5 to 10. 



Oregon: 24 records, May 12 to June 12; 12 records, May 25 to 

 June 2. 



SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS NUCHALIS Baird 



RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER 

 HABITS 



The western race of the eastern yellow-bellied sapsucker occupies an 

 extensive range in the general region of the Rocky Mountains, chiefly 

 east of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Ranges, from central British 

 Columbia and Alberta to western Texas and Arizona. 



