CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 3O3 



Youn£;.) On May 21st, igoo, I found this bird nesting abundantly 

 in the woods north of Waterloo, Ont. Almost every decayed 

 stub or broken tree contained a nest of five to six eggs. (W. 

 Raine.) Nests in trees near Ottawa, Ont. Nest always in a hole 

 in a tree or stump, composed of chips and dust. Eggs four to 

 five, pure white. {G. R. White) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Ten ; two taken at Ottawa by Mr. F. A. Saunders ; three at 

 Bracebridge, Ont., One at Medicine Hat, Assa., and one at Banff, 

 Alta., by Mr. W. Spreadborough ; one taken at Edmonton, Alta., 

 by Mr. Dowling. 



One set of eggs taken at Port Hope, Ont., May 30th, 1899, by 

 Mr. M. Meeking. Nest in a cavity in an apple tree in an orchard. 

 Eggs laid on chips at the bottom of the cavity four feet from the 

 ground. 



- 3!) 4a. Gairdner's Woodpecker. 



Dryobates pubescens gairdtieri (Aud.) Ridgw. 1885. 



General west of Coast Range. {Lord.) Rather common 

 throughout the coast region; breeds. {Streator!) A common resident 

 west of the Coast Range; winters on Vancouver Island. (Fannin) 

 Common resident at Chilliwack, B.C. (Brooks) At Revelstoke 

 this species was found with Batchelder's woodpecker, but further 

 down the Columbia River at Robson and Deer Park, the speci- 

 mens taken were all of this form. It was next found at Agassiz 

 in the Eraser River valley, and at Chilliwack and Huntington, 

 B.C., in 1901. On Vancouver Island it is resident and very 

 abundant. (Spreadborough) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Eleven ; one taken at Robson on the Columbia River, one at 

 Agassiz, and four at Chilliwack in the Eraser River valley, B.C.. 

 also four at Victoria, Vancouver Island, all by Mr. Spread- 

 borough. 



-3fl4J. Batchelder's Woodpecker. 



Dryobates pubescens homorous (Cab.) Ridgw. 1896. 



Very common throughout the interior of British Columbia along 

 the C.P.R. (Streator) Common around Lake Okanagan, B.C., 



