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the young were hatched by the 22nd of May. (Rev. C.J. Young.) 
Breeds in fair numbers in summer and is our most common wood- 
pecker in winter. Not yet observed to use dead trees for nesting. 
This species drums on resonant limbs in spring, but not so com- 
monly as the downy woodpecker. It is an exceedingly early 
breeder, excavating its dwelling-house in April, and indeed often 
laying the eggs in the same month, while large young are always 
to be found by May 24th. (W. &. Saunders.) Found breeding at 
Long Lake, Manitoba, June 16th, 1894. On May 31st, 1901, found 
a nest containing four eggs at Yorktown, Assa. The eggs were 
laid in a hole in a tree about ten feet from the ground. I found 
another nest containing six eggs in a hole ina poplar about 15 
feet from the ground. I am not aware that the nest and eggs of 
this species have been previously described so will give the 
measurement of the egg. The average size of 18 specimens 
before me is .9g8 x .70. (W. Raine.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Seven ; taken at Ottawa and Bracebridge, Ont. Two of these 
were taken at Ottawa by Mr. F. A. Saunders, and the others by 
Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
Only one set of eggs, taken near Toronto, and presented by 
Mr. W. Raine. 
393c. Harris’s Woodpecker. 
Dryobates villosus harristi (AvuD.) Ripew. 1885. 
A few seen in the scattering timber in the vicinity of Sitka, 
Alaska, where they doubtless breed. (Gvinnell.) Vancouver 
Island, Sumasand Osyoos; winters on Vancouver Island. (Lord.) 
Abundant everywhere throughout the coast region; breeds. 
(Streator.) West of the Coast Range, especially coastwise, a 
common resident. (Fannin.) Common resident at Chilliwack, 
B.C. (Brooks.) One shot in Lat. 49°, Aug. 24th, 1874. Found 
only in the Rocky Mountains. (Cowes.) Taken at Agassiz and 
Hastings, B.C., in 1889 ; common at Chilliwack and Huntington; 
also a few seen at McGuire’s on the Chilliwack River, B.C.; a 
common resident throughout Vancouver Island. (Spreadborough.) 
Three of nine specimens have unspotted wing coverts, the rest 
are spotted in varying degrees, but less so than the darkest 
examples of vallosus. (Rhoads.) 
