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Mr. John Snyder, of Murphys, says he found the first 

 one there in the fall of 1885 on October 18th. 



Newberry. We found this species only in the Cas- 

 cade Mountains of Oregon, where it is, apparently, not 

 common. 



Cooper, 1870. Common at Dalles, Columbia River. I 

 have also found it as far north as Fort Colville, Wash- 

 ington, near lat. 49. 



Henshaw, 1879. Along the eastern slope it occurs 

 here and there as a resident. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. Not common; only met 

 with in the pine forests of Blue Mountains; remains 

 here throughout the year. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Rare summer resi- 

 dent. 



Ridgway. It was common near Carson throughout 

 the winter, keeping entirely among the pines, though 

 sometimes coming down to the lower edge of the woods. 



71. Picoides arcticus (Swains.) ARCTIC THREE -TOED- 

 WOODPECKER. 



Blood's, on Big Trees and Carson road, rare summer 

 resident; a pair feeding young here June 20, 1881, in a 

 dead tree about eight feet from the ground. Summit, 

 rare summer resident. Butte County, lat 40 10', or 

 thereabout, altitude 6,700 feet, two pairs July 1-3, 

 1884.. L. B. 



Ridgway. The only specimen seen was the one ob- 

 tained at Carson, February 19, 1868. 



Newberry. This woodpecker we found only in the 

 Cascade Mountains, within a hundred miles of the Co- 

 lumbia. 



Henshaw, 1879. A rather common and constant resi- 

 dent of the pine woods from Carson northward into Ore- 

 gon. 



