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394. Downy Woodpecker. 
Dryobates pubescens medianus (SWAINS.) BREWSTER. 1897. 
Very common in Newfoundland and a resident. (Reeks.) Fairly 
common along the Humber river, Newfoundland. (L. H. Porter.) 
Common and resident in southern portions of Labrador; probably 
does not range north of lat. 56°. (Packard.) Only one specimen 
observed on Moose river, June 6th, 1896; none in Labrador. Ob- 
served in 1904 from Missinabi river to the mouth of Hannah river, 
James bay. (Spreadborough.) A specimen collected by Haydon 
at Moose Factory is in the U. S. National Museum. (Preble.) 
Seen during the winter at Lake Mistassini, northern Quebec. (/. 
M. Macoun.) 
Rather common resident -in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) Common 
throughout the year at Wolfville, N.S. (H.F.Tujts.) Common resident 
at Sydney, Cape Breton island, N.S. (C. R. Harte.) On trees 
in woods, Brackley Point, Prince Edward Island, 1888; also in 
woods, Cape Breton Island, 1898. (Macoun.) A common resi- 
dent, Cumberland county, N.S., winter of 1897-98. (C. H. Morrell.) 
Abundant throughout the entire year in New Brunswick. (Cham- 
berlain.) A tolerably common permanent resident, breeds, York 
county, N.B. (W. H. Moore.) Very rare in the Restigouche 
valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) One seen on Grindstone island, 
Magdalen islands. (Bishop.) One pair was seen nesting at Fox 
bay, Anticosti, Que., in July. (Brewster.) Taken at Beauport; 
common resident in Quebec. (Dionne.) A common and_per- 
manent resident in the Montreal district; breeds in Mount Royal 
park; scarce during the winter months but plentiful in the spring 
of the year. (Waintle.) 
An abundant resident in the Ottawa district, but more common 
in spring and summer. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) A common 
resident in Ontario, but more common in spring and fall migra- 
tions. (Mcllwraith.) This species breeds near Toronto but is 
much more common in the Muskoka district. (J. H. Fleming.) 
I found this species abundant at Whitney, Parry Sound railway, 
during November and December, 1898. (J. Hughes-Samuel.) 
Breeding but not common in Algonquin park, Ont., July, 1900. 
(Spreadborough.) Common in spring, summer and fall and is our 
