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foundland. (Reeks.) Taken at Fort Churchill, Hudson bay. 

 (Clarke.) 



Through the kindness of Messrs. Edward and Robert Christie 

 I visited their logging camp on March i6th. The camp is four 

 miles in the spruce growth, about equal distance from River Hebert 

 and Two Rivers, N.S. It was a favourite locality for many birds. 

 While there I heard woodpeckers drumming and soon located three 

 of this species. After drumming for some time they came down 

 to the dry tops of spruces of pre\dous cuttings which were every- 

 where, and worked about over them. They were very fearless 

 and I stood within two yards of each in turn and watched them 

 for some time. Two were males with golden crown; the third was 

 evidenth' a female. These three were the only ones seen. (C. H. 

 Morrell.) An occasional winter visitor in New Brunswick near St. 

 John. (Chamberlain.) Have seen this species in northern New 

 Brunswick. (W. H. Moore.) Taken at Beauport ; a scarce resident 

 in Quebec. (Dionne.) An old female and a brood of young seen in 

 the woods at Ellis bay, Anticosti, Que. (Brewster.) A transient 

 visitant in the Montreal district, but rare. It occurs in October 

 and November. (Wintle.) 



This species is rarer than the preceding but is seen in the vicinity 

 of Ottawa every autumn and doubtless breeds to the north of the 

 city. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) This also is a northern species 

 but is seldom taken in southern Ontario in the autumn though 

 commoner northward. (Mcllwraith.) Rare in the Parry Souiyi 

 and Muskoka districts, only appearing in winter. Mr. Handy sent 

 me a pair taken at Emsdale. One specimen of this species was shot 

 on Well hill near Toronto, November i6th, 1901. It was seen in 

 company with another, probably its mate. (/. H. Fleming.) I 

 am not sure we have more than a single record of this species west of 

 Toronto. I have a record about 25 years old of one taken in the 

 township of Caradoc and identified by Mr. J. A. Morden. (W. E- 

 Saunders.) While at Whitney during November and December, 

 1898, I looked very carefully for this species but only succeeded in 

 taking one, which was feeding on a yellow birch in company with a 

 party of P. arcticus. I obtained a second specimeri. of this species 

 from the same place a few weeks later. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) 



Very rare in central Manitoba but probably general in the north 

 and east. (E. T. Seton.) Rare at Aweme, Man. Usually a few 



