340 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
front of the crown, which was black. The eggs were each 13 by 2 
and pure white. On July 3rd, in spruce bush, found the nest of a 
sapsucker. It was about 20 feet from the ground in a poplar, and 
facing the southeast. Just over the hole was a large limb, which 
would doubtless be of some service as a shelter from the rain. I shot 
the female; her crown was black, with but a very few red feathers 
in the front, and some of these were tipped with yellow. The 
gizzard was full of wood ants, Formica ruja. (E. T. Seton.) Ex- 
cavates its nest-hole usually in living trees; one that I took was in an 
ironwood and there were nesting-holes of two or three previous 
years in the same tree which had died the previous year. (W. E. 
Saunders.) I collected a set of five eggs from a hole in a poplar 
about twelve feet from the ground, at Long lake, Manitoba, June 
16th, 1894. (W. Raine.) Always nests in a hole in a tree at Ottawa. 
Nest made of chips and dust. Eggs, four to six, pure white. (G. 
R. White.) 
402a. Red-naped Sapsucker. 
Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis BAIRD. 1858. 
One specimen taken at Edmonton, Alta., 1897; in the summer 
of 1891 this species was taken at Banff, and in the preceding 
year it was found breeding in numbers in the Columbia valley, B.C. 
at Revelstoke, Deer Park and Robson. In the spring of 1902 it was 
seen at Trail near the 49th parallel. In June 1889 it was quite 
common at Kamloops, B.C., and a few were seen as far west as 
Spence Bridge; first seen at Fernie, B.C., in 1904, on April 22nd; 
common at Elko, May 5th; common and breeding at Penticton, 
B.C., April, 1903. (Spreadborough.) A common summer resident 
in the Cariboo district, B.C. (Brooks.) Osoyoos and valley of the 
Columbia. (Lord.) Found common everywhere in the interior; 
breeds. (Streator.) I found this bird very common east of the 
Coast range, especially along the Cariboo road. (Fannin.) Gene- 
rally distributed and breeding throughout the interior of British 
Columbia; did not observe it on the coast. (Rhoads.) 
403a. Northern Red-breasted Sapsucker. 
Sphyrapicus ruber notkensis (SUCKOW) RICHMOND. 1902. 
Vancouver island and Sumas. (Lord.) Ten specimens of this 
form were taken on Queen Charlotte islands, where it is common. 
