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foundland. (Reeks.) Taken at Fort Churchill, Hudson bay. 
(Clarke.) 
Through the kindness of Messrs. Edward and Robert Christie 
I visited their logging camp on March 16th. The camp is four 
miles in the spruce growth, about equal distatice from River Hebert 
and Two Rivers, N.S. It was a favourite locality for many birds. 
While there I heard woodpeckers drumming and soon located three 
of this species. After drumming for some time they came down 
to the dry tops of spruces of previous cuttings which were every- 
where, and worked about over them. They were very fearless 
and I stood within two yards of each in turn and watched them 
for some time. Two were males with golden crown; the third was 
evidently a female. These three were the only ones seen. (C. H. 
Morrell.) An occasional winter visitor in New Brunswick near St. 
John. (Chamberlain.) Wave seen this species in northern New 
Brunswick. (W.H. Moore.) Taken at Beauport; a scarce resident 
in Quebec. (Dionne.) An old female and a brood of young seen in 
the woods at Ellis bay, Anticosti, Que. (Brewster.) A transient 
visitant in the Montreal district, but rare. It occurs in October 
and November. (Wvnile.) 
This species is rarer than the preceding but is seen in the vicinity 
of Ottawa every autumn and doubtless breeds to the north of the 
city. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) This also is a northern species 
but is seldom taken in southern Ontario in the autumn though 
commoner northward. (Mcllwraith.) Rare in the Parry Sound 
and Muskoka districts, only appearing in winter. Mr. Handy sent 
me a pair taken at Emsdale. One specimen of this species was shot 
on Well hill near Toronto, November 16th, 1901. It was seen in 
company with another, probably its mate. (/. H. Fleming.) I 
am not sure we have more than a single record of this species west of 
Toronto. I have a record about 25 years old of one taken in the 
township of Caradoc and identified by Mr. J. A. Morden. (W. E: 
Saunders.) While at Whitney during November and December, 
1898, I looked very carefully for this species but only succeeded in 
taking one, which was feeding on a yellow birch in company with a 
party of P. arcticus. I obtained a second specimen of this species 
from the same place a few weeks later. (J. Hughes-Samuel.) 
Very rare in central Manitoba but probably general in the north 
and east. (EF. T. Seton.) Rare at Aweme, Man. Usually a few 
