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the young were hatched by the 22nd of May. {Rev. C.J. Young!) 

 Breeds in fair numbers in summer and is our most common wood- 

 pecker in winter. Not yet observed to use dead trees for nesting. 

 This species drums on resonant limbs in spring, but not so com- 

 monly as the downy woodpecker. It is an exceedingly early 

 breeder, excavating its dwelling-house in April, and indeed often 

 laying the eggs in the same month, while large young are always 

 to be found by May 24th. {W.E.Saunders!) Found breeding at 

 Long Lake, Manitoba, June i6th, 1894. On May 31st, 1901, found 

 a nest containing four eggs at Yorktown, Assa. The eggs were 

 laid in a hole in a tree about ten feet from the ground. I found 

 another nest containing six eggs in a hole in a poplar about 15 

 feet from the ground. I am not aware that the nest and eggs of 

 this species have been previously described so will give the 

 measurement of the tg'g. The average size of 18 specimens 

 before me is .98 x .70. (W. Raine.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Seven ; taken at Ottawa and Bracebridge, Ont. Two of these 

 were taken at Ottawa by Mr. F. A. Saunders, and the others by 

 Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



Only one set of eggs, taken near Toronto, and presented by 

 Mr. W. Raine. 



393c. Harris's Woodpecker. 



Dryobates villosus harrisii (Aud.) Ridgw. 1885. 



A few seen in the scattering timber in the vicinity of Sitka, 

 Alaska, where they doubtless breed. {Grinnell!) Vancouver 

 Island, Sumasand Osyoos; winters on Vancouver Island. {Lord!) . 

 Abundant everywhere throughout the coast region ; breeds. 

 {Streator) West of the Coast Range, especially coastwise, a 

 common resident. {Fannin.) Common resident at Chilliwack, 

 B.C. {Btooks.) One shot in Lat. 49°, Aug. 24th, 1874. Found 

 only in the Rocky Mountains. {Coues.) Taken at Agassiz and 

 Hastings, B.C., in 1889 ; common at Chilliwack and Huntington; 

 also a few seen at McGuire's on the Chilliwack River, B.C.; a 

 common resident throughout Vancouver Island. {Spreadborough.) 



Three of nine specimens have unspotted wing coverts, the rest 

 are spotted in varying degrees, but less so than the darkest 

 examples of villosus. {Rhoads.) 



