338 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
CLXIX. SPHYRAPICUS Bairp. 1858. 
402. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 
Sphyrapicus varius (LINN.) BAIRD. 1858. 
One found dead near Julianshaab, July, 1845; another sent 
from Greenland about 1858. (Arct. Man.) Common along Moose 
river to Moose Factory; none seen further north in Labrador in 
1896. (Spreadborough.) Probably occurs in Newfoundland. 
(Reeks.) Fort Churchill, Hudson bay. (Clarke.) Abundant 
summer resident in Nova Scotia. (Downs; Tujts.) A common 
summer resident at Sydney, Cape Breton island, N.S.; first seen 
May 7th; eggs far advanced by June 15th. (C. R. Harte.) Seen 
at Hunter river, Prince Edward island, July, 1888. Not rare at 
Margaree, Cape Breton island, July, 1898. (Macoun.) An occa- 
sional summer resident at St. John, N.B.; breeds. (Chamberlain.) 
Rare in the Restigouche valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) A tolerably 
common summer resident; breeds in York county, N.B. (W. H. 
Moore.) Taken at Beauport, and a common summer resident in 
Quebec. (Dionne.) Summer resident at Montreal ; more plenti- 
ful during the spring migrations ; breeds sparsely on the island of 
Montreal. (Wantle.) 
Common summer resident at Ottawa, Ont.; breeds. Commoner 
in migrations than at other times. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) 
A common breeding species, perhaps the commonest of the wood- 
peckers in the summer in the Muskoka and Parry Sound districts; 
abundant migrant at Toronto, Ont.; a rare summer resident, breeds. 
(J. H. Fleming.) A summer resident about London, but not 
common except in migrations. (W. E. Saunders.) Abundant in 
Algonquin park, Ont., breeding in holes in cedar trees about 12 feet 
from the ground. (Macoun.) 
A common summer resident of the wooded section of Manitoba. 
(E. T. Seton.) Regular migrant in Manitoba but not a common 
breeder. (Atkinson; Criddle.) During the spring of 1892 only 
four specimens of this bird were seen at Indian Head, Sask.; two 
specimens seen at Medicine Hat, Sask., May, 1894; first saw four, 
May 3rd at Edmonton, Alta., common the next day; common 
summer resident from Edmonton, lat. 53° 30’ to Crow Nest Pass 
lat. 50°; common from the mouth of Lesser Slave river to Peace 
