CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN. BIRDS. 333 
at Beauport; resident in Quebec. (Dionne.) A transient and 
scarce visitant; a few specimens taken around Montreal in October 
and November; common near Casselman, Ont., about go miles 
west of Montreal in October. (Wdzntle.) 
Possible resident in the Laurentian hills north of the city of 
Ottawa, as it is seen around the city in September and October. 
(Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) This is truly a northern bird, seldom 
even in winter coming as far south as the southern boundary of 
Ontario; it is resident and quite common in Muskoka. (Mcll- 
wraith.) This woodpecker sometimes comes as far south as Toronto. 
I have several specimens taken here in winter. In the district of 
Parry Sound it is a common resident and one of the most interesting 
birds there, both from its nesting habits and from its utter un- 
consciousness when approached. (/. H. Fleming.) Common in 
Algonquin park in the summer of 1900. A pair nested in a telegraph 
pole quite near Cache lake station of the Parry Sound railway. 
(Spreadborough.) Feeding on dead maples at Kiladar, Addington 
county, December, 1894; very plentiful at Whitney on the Parry 
Sound railway during the fall of 1898, and feeding principally on 
the yellow birch; I have seen an occasional specimen taken near 
Toronto. (J. Hughes-Samuel.) A few only have been taken in 
the London district. (W. E. Saunders.) 
A common resident in the woods in Manitoba and northward. 
(E. T. Seton.) Rather rare at Aweme, Man. and is becoming more 
so, owing to the destruction of timber; probably breeds. (Criddle.) 
A not uncommon breeding resident in the spruce districts of Mani- 
toba but seldom noted away from these woods. (Atkinson.) Not 
uncommon in the woods at Banff, Rocky mountains; observed 
several in the foothills southwest of Calgary in July, 1897, and in 
the Crow Nest pass, Alta.; common and breeding at Revelstoke, 
B.C., in 1890; common at Elko, B.C. in coniferous woods, May, 
1904; saw several at Midway, B.C. in burnt woods, April, 1905. 
(Spreadborough.) This species is rather rare in the Northwest 
Territories and was only observed on the eastern slope of the Rocky 
mountains, where the common species was also procured. (Rzchard- 
son.) North to Fort Simpson; rare. (Ross.) It is believed that 
this species breeds and also winters in the Arctic regions. One nest 
was found in May, 1863, that was believed to belong to this species. 
