CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 331 
west of the Coast range; winters on Vancouver island. (Fannzin.) 
Common resident at Chilliwack, B.C. (Brooks.) At Revelstoke 
this species was found with the Batchelder woodpecker, but further 
down the Columbia river at Robson and Deer Park, the specimens 
taken were all of this form. It was next found at Agassiz in the 
Fraser River valley, and at Chilliwack and Huntingdon, B.C., in 
1901. Saw one pair at Douglas, B.C., in 1906. On Vancouver 
island it is resident and very abundant. (Spreadborough.) 
394b. Batchelder Woodpecker. 
Dryobates pubescens homorous (CAB.) RiDGW. 1896. 
Very common throughout the interior of British Columbia along 
the C.P.Ry. (Streator.) Common around Lake Okanagan, B.C., 
in winter. Scarce in the Cariboo district, B.C. Not observed in 
the winter months, 1r901. (Brooks.) We have not found this 
species further east than the Columbia river at Robson, B.C., where 
a specimen was taken, and another at Revelstoke in April, 1891. 
It was common at Kamloops and Spence Bridge, B.C., in June, 
1889. (Macoun.) Observed a pair at Fernie, B.C., May, 1904; 
six at Penticton, B.C., April, 1903, and a pair at Midway, April 8th, 
1905. (Spreadborough.) 
394d. Nelson Downy Woodpecker. 
Dryobates pubescens nelsont OBERHOLSER. 1895. 
We place here without remark all references to the downy wood- 
pecker of the northern parts of Canada and Alaska. We have no 
specimens. 
This species is a constant inhabitant of the Northwest Terri- 
tories up to Lat. 58°. It seeks its food principally on the maple, 
elm and ash, and north of Lat. 54°, where these trees do not grow, 
on the aspen and birch. (Richardson.) North to Fort Laird, 
Lat. 61°; not rare. (Ross.) A’ few specimens were observed on 
the Athabaska river, Atha. Rare between Methye lake and Isle 
a la Crosse. (J. M. Macoun.) Throughout Alaska where wood- 
land or a growth of bushes and small trees occurs the present bird 
is certain to be found, and is a resident, winter and summer. (Nel- 
son.) This species ranges throughout the wooded districts of 
Alaska. Along the Yukon river it is very common. (Twurner.) 
