CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS 329. 



394- Downy Woodpecker. 



Dryobates pubescens medianus (Swains.) Brewster. 1897. 



Very common in Newfoundland and a resident. (Reeks.) Fairly 

 common along the Humber river, Newfoundland. (L. H. Porter.) 

 Common and resident in southern portions of Labrador; probably 

 does not range north of lat. 56° (Packard.) Only one specimen 

 observed on Moose river, June 6th, 1896; none in Labrador. Ob- 

 served in 1904 from Missinabi river to the mouth of Hannah river,. 

 James bay. (Spreadborough.) A specimen collected by Haydon 

 at Moose Factory is in the U. S. National Museum. (Preble.) 

 Seen during the winter at Lake Mistassini, northern Quebec. (/. 

 M. Macoun.) 



Rather common resident in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) Common 

 throughout the year at Wolfville, N.S. (H.F. Tufts.) Common resident 

 at Sydney, Cape Breton island, N.S. (C. R. Harte.) On trees- 

 in woods, Brackley Point, Prince Edward Island, 1888; also in 

 woods. Cape Breton Island, 1898. (Macoun.) A common resi- 

 dent, Cumberland county, N.S., winter of 1897-98. (C. H. Morrell.} 

 Abundant throughout the entire year in New Brunswick. (Cham- 

 berlain.) A tolerably common permanent resident, breeds, York 

 county, N.B. (W. H. Moore.) Very rare in the Restigouche 

 valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) One seen on Grindstone island,. 

 Magdalen islands. (Bishop.) One pair was seen nesting at Fox 

 bay, Anticosti, Que., in July. (Brewster.) Taken at Beauport; 

 common resident in Quebec. (Dionne.) A common and per- 

 manent resident in the Montreal district; breeds in Mount Royal 

 park; scarce during the winter months but plentiful in the spring^ 

 of the year. (Wintle.) 



An abundant resident in the Ottawa district, but more common, 

 in spring and summer. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) A common 

 resident in Ontario, but more common in spring and fall migra- 

 tions. (Mcllwraith.) This species breeds near Toronto but is- 

 much more common in the Muskoka district. (/. H. Fleming.) 

 I found this species abundant at Whitney, Parry Sound railway, 

 during November and December, 1898. (/. Hughes-Sapiuel.) 

 Breeding but not common in Algonquin park, Ont., July, 1900. 

 (Spreadborough.) Common in spring, summer and fall and is our 



