332 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
An adult male taken at Sheep camp, Kenai peninsula, Alaska. 
(Anderson.) This was the most numerous species of the family 
observed in the Kenai mountains, its favourite haunt being the 
spruce and cottonwood thickets, where it was usually found in 
pairs. (lf ggins.) Two specimens were collected by Figgins which 
Mr. Chapman says are indistinguishable from the average eastern 
specimens of D. pubescens medianus. 
All our skins of D. pubescens and its sub-species have been 
examined by Mr. F. Chapman of New York Museum of Natural 
History. 
CLXVIII. KXENOPICUS Barrp. 1858. 
399. White-headed Woodpecker. 
Xenoprcus albolarvatus (CaAss.) MALHERBE. 1862. 
A rare and beautiful species; obtained only east of the Coast 
range. (Lord.) Coast range; Similkameen valley, collected by 
R. V. Griffin. (Fannin.) I have heard of this species but never 
came across it at Lake Okanagan, B.C. (Brooks.) 
CLXIX. PICOIDES Lacé&reEpeE. 18or. 
400. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. 
Picoides arcticus (SWAINS.) GRAY. 1845. 
Recorded from the Hudson bay region by several collectors. 
(Preble.) Tolerably common in Newfoundland throughout the year. 
(Reeks.) Common along the Humber river, Newfoundland. (L. H. 
Porter.) Common and resident throughout the wooded portions of 
Labrador. (Packard.) Only one specimen seen on Moose river; none 
in Labrador in 1896. (Spreadborough.) Not a common resident in 
Nova Scotia. Prefers burnt forest. (Downs.) Resident, not 
uncommon in heavy timber in Nova Scotia. (H. F. Tujts.) One 
observed at Baddeck, Cape Breton island, June, 1890. (F. A. 
Allen.) Resides throughout the year but is uncommon in New 
Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Rare in the Restigouche valley, N.B. 
(Brittain & Cox.) A common resident in York county, N.B. (W. 
H. Moore.) A single specimen was seen near Gaspé, and another 
heard at the mouth of the Mingan river, Que. (Brewster.) Taken 
