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streaks, but occasionally ill-defined liars. This is an apparent 

 approach toward the characters of D. v. picoidcus of the Queen 

 Charlotte Islands to the northward. 



Wear and fading produces a great change in the color of the 

 under parts, the extent of the difference being well shown iu 

 some molting birds. An adult male shot at Central Lake on 

 August 24 (no. 15664) has nearly finished the annual molt, but 

 has a patch of old feathers still remaining in the center of the 

 breast. The color of this patch is aboul ecru drab; that of the 

 rest of the under parts about no. 4 slate color. 



Eighteen specimens were collected (nos. 15651-15668), from 

 various points on the east and west coasts, and from the center 

 of the island. 



Dryobates pubescens gairdneri (Audubon) 

 Gairdner Woodpecker 



Apparently of rare occurrence in the region traversed. Two 

 specimens were collected, an adult male secured by .Miss Alex- 

 ander at Parksville. April 26 (no. 15669), and an adult female 

 taken by Miss Kellogg at the s^ ■ place April 25 i no. 15670). 



Noted subsequently on but one occasion, on .May 28, when 



Miss Alexander saw a pair in (he w Is by the roadside between 



Parksville and Alberni. 



Of the two birds collected the female shows but a few white 

 spots mi the wing coverts; the male has numerous spots on the 

 coverts, and all of the remiges are conspicuously spotted on both 

 webs. Both birds have the under parts smoke gray, of about the 

 same tint as the Harris woodpeckers. 



Sphyrapicus varius ruber (Gmelin) 

 Red-breasted Sapsucker 

 Tin mgh looked for carefully at every point visited, this bird 

 was noted on but two occasions, so the species would seem to be 

 of rare occurrence on the island, at least during the summer 

 months. Miss Kellogg found a nest at Beaver Creek, in a huge 

 dead stump in the more open woods. This nest, on June 26, 

 contained two young birds nearly ready to leave, and the carcass 

 of a third, which had been dead several days. Both young and 



