CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 3I3 



taken at Banff, and in the preceding year it was found breeding 

 in numbers in the Columbia valley, B.C., at Revelstoke, Deer Park 

 and Robson. In the spring of 1902 it was seen at Trail near the 

 49th parallel. In June 1889 it was quite common at Kamloops, 

 B.C., and a few were seen as far west as Spence's Bridge. {Spread- 

 borough.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Eight ; one taken at Banff, Alta., one at Deer Park, one at 

 Robson, three at Kamloops, B.C., and two at Victoria, Vancouver 

 Island ; all collected by Mr. Spreadborough. 



403a. Red-breasted Sapsucker. 



Sphyrapicus ruber notkensis (Suckow.) Richmond. 1902. 



Known as an Alaskan bird only from the record of Hartland 

 of two males taken at Chilcaf River, April 12th. {Nelson.) Took 

 an adult male at Skagway, Alaska, May 31st, 1899. {Bishop.) 

 Vancouver Island and Sumas. {Lord.) Ten specimens of this 

 form were taken on Queen Charlotte Islands, where it is common. 

 {Osgood) Found only on the coast ; rare. {Streator.) East and 

 west of Coast Range; not common. {Fannin.) Tolerably common 

 summer resident at Chilliwack. {Brooks.) Not uncommon at 

 Hastings and Agassiz, B.C., in 1889 ; rather common from Mc- 

 Guire's to the head of Chilliwack Lake, B.C., in 1901. {Spread- 

 borough) 



404. Williamson's Sapsucker. 



Sphyrapicus thyroideus (Cass.) Baird. 1858. 



Taken at Similkameen, B.C., by R. V. Grififin, June, 1882. 

 {Fannin) 



XLIX. CEOPHLCEUS Cabanis. 1862. 

 ^05a. Northern Pileated Woodpecker. 



Ceophlceus pileatus abieticola Bangs. 1898. 



Rather rare in Newfoundland. {Reeks) Tolerably common 

 along Moose River to Moose Factory, James Bay ; none seen 

 in Labrador farther north in 1896. {Spreadborough) 



An uncommon resident in heavily timbered districts in Nova 

 Scotia. {Downs) One was taken at Wolfville, N.S., Sept., 1897; 

 rarely seen. {H. Tufts) Common in the interior of New Brunswick 

 throughout the year. {Chamberlain) A not uncommon perman- 



