BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 69 



British Columbia. John Fannin. — Abundant resi- 

 dent. 



Henshaw, 1879. Not noted by our party at any point 

 a,long the eastern slope. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. — Seen but twice. 



77. Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi Ridgw. Califor- 



NiAN Woodpecker. 



Common from Campo to Hansens in May, 1884; not 

 noted on the route to San Pedro Mountain via San Ra- 

 fael. Common in oaks in several parts of San Diego 

 ■County. Common resident throughout the interior of 

 San Diego County. — L. B. 



Volcan Mountains. F. E. Blaisdell. — August 21 to 

 November 28, 1884, abundant. 



Volcan Mountains. W. 0. Emerson. — Winter, com- 

 mon but not visible in snow storms when they took re- 

 fuge in their burrows in the oaks. 



San Bernardino Mountains. F. Stephens. — Tolerably 

 common to common resident. 



Henshaw. 1876. The habitat of this woodpecker in 

 California, as in Arizona, seems to be determined by 

 the range of the oaks. Fort Tejon in August. 



Contra Costa County. W. E. Bryant. — Tolerably 

 common resident. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. — Tolerably common winter 

 visitant. 



Sebastopol. F. H. Holmes. 



Newberry. The range of this species extends to the 

 •Columbia and perhaps above, to the westward of the 

 Cascade Range, though more common in California than 

 in Oregon. 



Baird, Brewer and Ridgway. Mr. Lord met with it 

 in abundance on his journey from Yreka to the bound- 

 ary line of British Columbia. 



