CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 3 



such a colony near Sand Lake in 1896 ; there were six or sev^ 

 nests, each cut into the trunk of a living cedar, just below t 

 first branch, and usually eight or ten feet from the ground. T' 

 cedars were in a dense forest overlooking a small stream th 

 empties into Sand Lake. Four eggs seems to be the full si 

 The young are hatched by the ist of June. (/. H. Fleming?) 

 common summer resident at Lake St. Joseph, Muskoka, Oi 

 From there I received a set of six eggs taken May 30th, i8c 

 Nest, a hole in a decayed pine tree fifteen feet from t 

 ground. (W. Raine.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Nine; two taken in the township of Low, Gatineau valley, Qu 

 October, 1901, and presented by Mr. Marler ; two others tak- 

 near Ottawa by Mr. Herring, and four at Bracebridge, Ont., 1 

 Mr. Spreadborough. 



401. American Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Picoides americanus Brehm. 1831. 



Common and resident throughout the wooded portion 

 Labrador. {Packard.) Scarcely so common as the precedii 

 species in Newfoundland. {Reeks.) Taken at Fort Churchi 

 Hudson Bay. {Clarke.) 



Through the kindness of Messrs. Edward and Robert Christ 

 I visited their logging camp on March i6th. The camp is fo 

 miles in the spruce growth, about equal distance from Riv 

 Hebert and Two Rivers, N.S. It was a favorite locality for mai 

 birds. While there I heard woodpeckers drumming and so( 

 located three of this species. After drumming for some tin 

 they came down to the dry tops of spruces of previous cuttin 

 which were everywhere, and worked about over them. Thi 

 were very fearless and I stood within two yards of each in tu 

 and watched them for some time. Two were males with gold( 

 crown ; the third was evidently a female. These three were tl 

 only ones seen. {C. H. Morrell.) An occasional winter visit 

 in New Brunswick near St. John. (Chaniberlain?) Have seen th 

 species in northern New Brunswick. {W. H. Moore?) Taken 

 Beauport ; a scarce resident in Quebec. {Diotme.) An o 

 female and a brood of young seen in the woods at Ellis Bay, Am 

 costi, Que. {Brewster.) A transient visitant in the Montre 

 district but rare. It occurs in October and November. {Wintlt 



