488 Mr. C. B. Horsbrugh on the Birds of AlLv, [Ibis, 



Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. First observed at 

 Alix on 6 August, 1915. It was generally flushed from 

 below the dam of the village lake. I saw a female, which I 

 believe was the same that nested in the bank of the creek 

 close to my house, sitting on the telegraph-wires in the same 

 locality as late as 9 November, 1916. On 30 June, 1916, 

 I observed a Kingfisher enter its nesting-hole in a bank, 

 almost opposite the tree which the Golden-eye selected for 

 its nest, by the creek near my house. I feel sure the eggs 

 had then hatched. 



Dryohates villosus villosus. Northern Hairy Wood- 

 pecker. Fairly numerous in this and the Sylvan Lake 

 district. In the latter I found several nests between 12 

 and 24 June, all full of young birds. 



Dryohates pubescens nelsoni. Nelson's Downy Wood- 

 pecker. This species was also nesting in the woods around 

 Sylvan Lake, and was fairly abundant. 



Sphyrapicus varius varius. Yellow-bellied Sap-Sucker. 

 The last of my remaining quartette of Yellow-bellied Sap- 

 Suckers died on 4 February, 1915, as my "Life" food 

 supply became exhausted. Daring June, however, I got a 

 pair of young, which 1 presented to the Banff Zoo in August. 

 These birds make delightful pets and, but for occasional fits, 

 do well in captivity. They are common wherever woods 

 exist. I saw the first migrant of the year near my house 

 on 30 April, 1916. I noticed a few pairs at Dried Meat 

 Lake on 18-22 May. 



Colaptes auratus luteus. Northern Flicker. The 

 Northern Flicker is one of the commonest birds in this 

 part of the country. Cook found a nest with seven eggs 

 at Buffalo Lake on 4 June, 1915. Common everywhere. 

 Mr. J. H. Fleming of Toronto writes me regarding two 

 skins of females I sent him : — " Colaptes auratus borealis 

 Ridgway (Boreal Flicker). This is not in the A. O. U 

 Check-list, but if the form is good your bird is it. A male 

 shot on 2 May, 1916, is also borealis " 



