310 , GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
Range; north to Cassiar. (/annin.) A specimen of this form 
was taken at Huntingdon in the Fraser River valley on the 4gth 
parallel, on October 4th, 1901. (Spreadborough.) What was 
likely this species was observed on the shore of Shuswap Lake, 
above Kamloops, B.C., in June, 1889. The bird had a nest ina 
dead tree, and was a three-toed woodpecker with a white back. 
A specimen was not obtained. 
MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 
One taken at Huntington, B.C.)’in’ October, 1901) ‘by Mr, 
Spreadborough. 
XLVIII. SPHYRAPICUS Barrp. 1858. 
402. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 
Sphyrapicus varius (LINN.) BarRD. 1858. 
One found dead near Julianshaab, July, 1845; another sent 
from Greenland about 1858. (Avrct. Man.) Common along Moose 
River to Moose Factory ; none seen further north in Labrador in 
1896. (Spreadborough.) Probably occurs in Newfoundland. 
(Reeks.) Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay. (Clarke.) Abundant 
summer resident in Nova Scotia. (Dowus.) A fairly common 
summer resident at Wolfville, N.S. (A. Zujfts.) A common 
summer resident at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, N.S. First 
seen May 7th; eggs far advanced by June 35th. (C. Rk. Harte.) 
Seen at Hunter’s River, Prince Edward Island, July, 1888. Not 
rare at Margaree, Cape Breton Island, July, 1898. (Macoun.) 
An occasional summers residentyats. Sts Johny N.B.; , breeds: 
(Chamberiain.) Rare in the Restigouche valley,N.B. (Brittain & 
Cox.) A tolerably common summer resident ; breeds in York 
Co., N.B. (W. H. Moore.) Taken at Beauport, and a common 
summer resident in Quebec. (Dzonne.) Summer resident at 
Montreal. More plentiful during the spring migrations. Breeds 
sparsely on the island of Montreal. (Wintle.) 
Common summer resident at Ottawa, Ont.; breeds. Commoner 
in migrations than at other times. (Ofawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) 
A common breeding species, perhaps the commonest of the 
woodpeckers in the summer in the Muskoka and Parry Sound 
districts. (/. HY. Fleming.) A summer resident about London, 
but not common except in migrations. (W. &. Saunders.) 
