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^Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus, Cass). 

 Similkameen. 



CEOPHLCEUS. (Cabanis). 



Northern Pileated Woodpecker (Ceophlaeus pileatus abieticola, 



Bangs). 



Common resident throughout the Province 011 Vancouver 

 Island and Mainland through the interior to Okanagan. Scarce in 

 the Cariboo District. 



ASYNDESMUS. (CoUCS). 



Lewis's Woodpecker (Asyndesmus torquatus, Wils). 



The plumage of this remarkable Woodpecker is peculiar, both 

 in texture and colour. No other specie of our country shows such 

 a rich metallic iridescence, or such intense crimson, and in none is 

 the plumage so curiously modified into a bristly character; unlike 

 most species again the sexes are not certainly distinguishable. The 

 young, however, differ very materially, the under-parts being dull 

 gray, only here and there slashed with red, the face lacking the 

 crimson velvety pilous area, and the upper parts being much more 

 lustrous. This fine species is chiefly a bird of the vast forests that 

 clothe most of our mountain ranges with permanent verdure, with 

 this limitation its distribution is extensive. It is abundant 

 through the interior of the Province, common at Chilliwhack, and a 

 summer resident of Vancouver Island. 



COLAPTES. ( Swainson ) . 



Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus luteus, Bangs). 



A rare bird of this Province, but is found on Vancouver Island 

 and east to the Rocky Mountains. 



Red-shafted Flicker (Colaptes cafer collaris, Vigors). 



Common east of Cascade Mountains, through the interior, at 

 Ducks, Sicamous and Okanagan. 



North-western Flicker (Colaptes cafer saturatior, Rldgw). 



Abundant resident west of Cascade Mountains; very common 

 on Vancouver Island. 



