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a claim to notice in this paper solely on the evidence of woods- 

 men at Vernon, B.C., who assert they sometimes see a " little 

 white-headed sapsucker " in the forests at the head of Lake Okan- 

 agan. {Rhoads.) 



XLVII. PICOIDES Lacepede. i8oi. 



400 Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Picoides-arcticus (Swains.) Gray. 1845. 



Tolerably common in Newfoundland throughout the year. 

 {Reeks.) Common along the Humber River, Newfoundland. (Z. H. 

 I orter.) Common and resident throughout the wooded portions 

 of Labrador. {Packard.) Only one specimen seen on Moose 

 River ; none in Labrador in 1896. {Spreadborougk.) Not a com- 

 mon resident in Nova Scotia. Prefers burnt forest. {Downs.) 

 Rare winter visitant at Wolfville, N. S. {H. Tu/is.) One 

 observed at Baddeck, Cape Breton Island, June, 1890. {F. 

 A. A/ien.) Resides throughout the year but is uncommon in New 

 Brunswick. {Chamberlain!) Rare in the Restigouche valley, 

 N.B. {Brittain & Cox!) A common resident in York Co., 

 N.B. {W. H. Moore!) A single specimen was seen near Gaspe, 

 and another heard at the mouth of the Mingan River, Que. 

 {Brewster!) Taken. at Beauport ; resident in Quebec. {Dionne.) 

 A transient and scarce visitant ; a few specimens taken around 

 Montreal in October and November ; common near Casselman, 

 Ontario, about 90 miles west of Montreal in October. {Wintle.) 



Possible resident in the Laurentian Hills north of the city of 

 Ottawa, as it is seen around the city in September and October. 

 {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) This is truly a northern bird, seldom 

 even in winter coming as far south as the southern boundary of 

 Ontario ; it is resident and quite common in Muskoka. {Mcll- 

 wraitk.) This woodpecker sometimes comes as far south as 

 Toronto. I have several specimens taken here in winter. In the 

 district of Parry Sound it is a common resident and one 

 of the most interesting birds there, both from its nesting habits 

 and from its utter unconsciousness when approached. (/. H. 

 Fleming.) Common in Algonquin Park in the summer of 1900. 

 A pair nested in a telegraph pole quite near Cache Lake station 

 of the Parry Sound Railway. {Spreadborougk.) Feeding on dead 

 maples at Kiladar, Addington Co., December, 1894 ; very plenti- 



