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noted in late autumn. (Criddle.) This bird exists in all the forests 

 of spruce fir lying between Lake Superior and the Arctic sea. It is 

 the most common woodpecker north of Great Slave lake. (Richard- 

 son.) A few specimens between Athabasca Landing, Alta., and 

 Lesser Slave river. Rare between Methye lake and Isle k la Crosse. 

 {/. M. Macoun.) A pair was breeding on the Athabasca river 

 and a pair on Slave river, 1903. (Spreadborough.) North of Fort 

 Good Hope on the Mackenzie river. (Ross.) Much more common 

 than the preceding species in Cariboo, B.C., in the winter of 1900; 

 breeds throughout the region. (Brooks.) Common and breeding 

 in burnt woods at Banff, Rocky mountains, alt. 5,500 feet, June, 

 1 89 1. (Spreadborough.) This is probably P. fasciatus, as we have 

 specimens of that species from Banff collected by Mr. Dippie in 1895. 



401a. Alaskan Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Picoides americamis fasciatus Baird. 1870. 



Taken by Mr. G. F. Dippie in the foot-hills south of Calgary, Alta. 

 As this record extends the range of this bird eastward it is probable 

 that most, if not all, the Rocky mountain references should go here. 



A common resident in the spruce zone on the Coast range; also 

 taken in Washington as far south as Mount Baker. (Brooks.) 

 Duncan's, Vancouver island, by Dr. Hasell; east and west of Coast 

 range, B.C. (Fannin.) Seen near Cascade, B.C., on the 49th 

 ^rallel and taken on Sophie mountain at an altitude of 4,000 feet, 

 July 12th, 1902; saw one on a mountain at the head of Chilliwack 

 lake, B.C., June 26th, 1906. (Spreadborough.) Collected at Haines 

 Mission and Glacier, Lynn canal. In the Yukon valley at Six-mile 

 river ; three specimens near Miles canyon ; two on the Lewes river, 

 Yukon district, and two at Circle City, Alaska. (Bishop.) In the 

 country from Fort Simpson (on the Mackenzie river) north and west, 

 including the lower Mackenzie and Anderson rivers, and all of north- 

 ern Alaska, occurs this well marked race, which is characterized by 

 the extent and amount of the white markings upon the dorsal sur- 

 face, mainly in the form of barring. (Nelson.) Specimens of this 

 form were obtained from Nulato and Fort Yukon on the Yukon 

 river. The bird is a resident of the wooded districts and common 

 in some localities. (Turner.) This, the only species of woodpecker 

 detected by me in the Kowak region, was resident throughout the 



