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a claim to notice in this paper solely on the evidence of woods- 
men at Vernon, B.C., who assert they sometimes see a “little 
white-headed sapsucker ” in the forests at the head of Lake Okan- 
agan. (Rhoads.) 
XLVII. PICOIDES Lactprépe. 1801. 
400. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. 
Picoides arcticus (SWAINS.) GRay. 1845. 
Tolerably common in Newfoundland throughout the year. 
(Reeks.) Common along the Humber River, Newfoundland. (Z. 4. 
Forter.) Common and resident throughout the wooded portions 
of Labrador. (Packard.) Only one specimen seen on Moose 
River; none in Labrador in 1896. (Spreadborough.) Not acom- 
mon resident in Nova Scotia. Prefers burnt forest. (Dowzns.) 
Bare winter) visitant, at Wolivilley IN. S$: (4. Zzjts.)' One 
observed at Baddeck, Cape Breton Island, June, 1890. (Ff. 
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 Co., 
N.B. (W.H. Moore.) A single specimen was seen near Gaspé, 
and another heard at the mouth of the Mingan River, Que. 
(Brewster.) Taken at Beauport; resident in Quebec. (Dzonne.) 
A transient and scarce visitant ; a few specimens taken around 
Montreal in October and November; common near Casselman, 
Ontario, about 90 miles west of Montreal in October. (Winile.) 
Possible resident in the Laurentian Hills north of the city of 
Ottawa, as it is seen around the city in September and October. 
(Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) This is trulya northern bird, seldom 
even in winter coming as far south as the southern boundary of 
Ontario ; it is resident and quite common in Muskoka. (Mc//- 
wraith.) This woodpecker sometimes comes as far south as 
Toronto. I have several specimens taken here in winter. In the 
district of Parry Sound it is a common resident and one 
of the most interesting birds there, both from its nesting habits 
and from its utter unconsciousness when approached. (/. //. 
Fleming.) Common in Algonquin Park in the summer of 1900. 
A pair nested in a telegraph pole quite near Cache Lake station 
of the Parry Sound Railway. (Spreadborough.) Feeding on dead 
maples at Kiladar, Addington Co., December, 1894; very plenti- 
