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393 d. CABANIS'S WOODPECKER, Dryobates viltosus hylo- 



scopus (Cab.) 



This species or form of the hairy woodpecker is not un- 

 common in the vicinity of Sin-yale-a-min Lake. Specimens 

 were generally noted and one was taken. It is doubtless a per- 

 manent resident. 



A specimen was noted visiting the large pine trees at our 

 Crow Creek camp. It was not included in our list for the 

 foot of Flathead Lake. Doubtless regularly found in the tall 

 trees of the water-courses. Specimens were frequently taken 

 near the Station at Flathead Lake. 



394 b. BATCHELDER'S WOODPECKER, Dryobates puU- 



scens oreoecus Batch. 



The downy woodpecker in this Rocky Mountain form did 

 not appear to be common in the immediate vicinity of Sin- 

 yale-a-min Lake. No specimens were taken, and those noted 

 were more frequently heard than seen. More thorough exam- 

 ination of the locality might disclose its presence in greater 

 proportion than our notes indicate. It is common in the vicin- 

 ity of the Biological Station. 



400. ARCTIC THREE-TOED WOODPECKER, Picoides 



arcticus (Swains.) 



noted as commonly as the Alpine three-toed woodpecker. 

 A specimen was taken at Swan Lake, August 3, 1901. 



401b. ALPINE THREE-TOED WOODPECKER, Picoides 

 americanus dorsalis Baird. 



One specimen of this three-toed woodpecker, a young male, 

 was taken in the woods north of the lake. The vigorous, 

 deliberate, though intermittent tapping of this woodpecker is 

 a pretty certain index of its presence near the observer; how- 

 ever, the wary nature of the woodland carpenter leads him to 

 desist when the collector approaches his 'station. This speci- 

 men allowed me to walk past without my discovering him; 

 but began his tapping immediately after my back was turned. 

 Not uncommon near the mouth of Swan River. A specimen 

 was taken in the woods east of the Club grounds, Aug. 16. 



