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Range ; north to Cassiar. {Fannin.) A specimen of this form 

 was taken at Huntingdon in the Fraser River valley on the 49th 

 parallel, on October 4th, 1901. {Spreadborough.) What was 

 likely this species was observed on the shore of Shuswap Lake, 

 above Kamloops, B.C., in June, 1889. The bird had a nest in a 

 dead tree, and was a three-toed woodpecker with a white back. 

 A specimen was not obtained. 



MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 



One taken at Huntington, B.C., in October, 1901, by Mr. 

 Spreadborough. 



XLVHI. SPHYRAPICUS Baird. 1858. 



-402. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.) Baird. 1858. 



One found dead near Julianshaab, July, 1845 ! another sent 

 from Greenland about 1858. {Arct. Man) Common along Moose 

 River to Moose Factory ; none seen further north in Labrador in 

 1896. {Spreadborough.) Probably occurs in Newfoundland. 

 {Reeks.) Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay. {Clarke.) Abundant 

 summer resident in Nova Scotia. {Downs.) A fairly common 

 summer resident at Wolfville, N.S. {H. Tufts) A common 

 summer resident at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, N.S. First 

 seen May 7th ; eggs far advanced by June 15th. {C. R. Harte.) 

 Seen at Hunter's River, Prince Edward Island, July, 1888. Not 

 rare at Margaree, Cape Breton Island, July, 1898. '{Macoun.) 

 An occasional summer resident at St. John, N.B. ; breeds. 

 {Chamberlain.) Rare in the Restigouche valley, N.B. {Brittain & 

 Cox.) A tolerably common summer resident ; breeds in York 

 Co., N.B. {W.H.Moore.) Taken at Beauport, and a common 

 summer resident in Quebec. {Dionne) Summer resident at 

 Montreal. More plentiful during the spring migrations. Breeds 

 sparsely on the island of Montreal. (Wintle) 



Common summer resident at Ottawa, Ont.; breeds. Commoner 

 in migrations than at other times. {Ottawa Naturalist., Vol. V.) 

 A common breeding species, perhaps the commonest of the 

 woodpeckers in the summer in the Muskoka and Parry Sound 

 districts. (/. H. Fleming) A summer resident about London, 

 but not common except in migrations. {W. E. Saunders.) 



