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Queen Charlotte Woodpecker (Dnjobates villosus picoideus, 



Osgood). 

 Queen Charlotte Islands. 



Gairdner's Woodpecker (J)ryobates pubescens gairdneri, Aud). 



A common resident on Vancouver Island, coast of Mainland, 

 and Lower Fraser Valley. 



Batchelder's Woodpecker (Dnjobates pubescens liomorus, Cab). 

 Common throughout the interior of the Province, along the 

 C. P. R. at Ducks, and at Vernon. Taken at Chilliwhack and 

 Okanagan. 



XENOPICUS. (Baird). 



White-headed Woodpecker (Xenopicus albolarvatus, Cass). 



A rare bird in this Province. Found east of the Coast Range. 

 Taken in the Similkameen Valley. 



PICOIDES. ( Lacepede) . 



Arctic, or Black-backed Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides arcti- 

 cus, Swains). 



Found only east of Coast Range, where in some localities it is 

 quite common. Taken at Okanagan. 



* Alaskan Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides americanus fasci- 



atus, Baird). 



Rare on Vancouver Island. Common in^the spruce zone on the 

 Coast Range. 



* Alpine Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides americanus dorsalis, 



Baird). 

 Mountains east of Cascades, and north to Cassiar. 



SPHYRAPICUS. (Baird). 

 Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis, Baird). 



Generally distributed east of Cascade Mountains throughout the 

 Province. It is quite common at Ducks. 



Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber notkensis, Suckow). 



Distributed along the coast. Not uncommon on Vancouver 

 Island. Taken at Chilliwhack. 



