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the Chilliwack valley, B.C., and on the mountains in igoi ; com- 

 mon on Vancouver Island and resident wherever I have been. 

 {Spreadborough.) Found in comparative abundance everywhere 

 in British Columbia. {Rhoads.) 



Breeding Notes. — This bird is becoming quite rare. I have 

 seen it in the counties of Frontenac, Lanark and Renfrew, Ont.; 

 never during the past fifteen years in the county of Leeds or 

 along the St. Lawrence. In the heavily-timbered and rough sec- 

 tions of the former counties, as recently as ten years ago it was 

 comparatively common, now (1901) it is seldom seen. It breeds 

 early, commencing its nest-hole in April. In 1888 I saw a nest in 

 a large basswood tree between Perth and Lanark, Ont., about 30 

 feet from the ground. I have also seen the nest in a maple near 

 Bob's Lake, Frontenac Co., this is about its southern breeding 

 limit in Ontario at the present time. {Rev. C.J. Young.) I have 

 a set of six eggs that were collected at Lake Joseph, Muskoka, 

 Ont., on June 2nd, 1899. Eggs laid in a hole in a decayed pine 

 20 feet from the base. {W.Rairie.)' 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Nine; one bought with the Holman collection in 1885 ; one 

 taken north of Ottawa by Mr. Herring ; one taken in the town- 

 ship of Low, Gatineau district, Que., by Mr. Marler ; one taken 

 by Mr. G. R. White near Ottawa in 1892 ; one obtained from 

 Mr. Henry at Ottawa in 1895 ! one taken at Bracebridge, Ont., 

 Due at Burrard Inlet, B.C., one at Chilliwack, B.C., and one at 

 Agassiz, B.C., all by Mr. Spreadborough. 



CL. MELANERPES Swainson. 1831. 



tjoe. Red-headed Woodpecker. 



Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linn.) Swains. 1831. 



Very rare in Nova Scotia. A mere straggler. {Dowtis.) Oc- 

 ;asionally met with in New Brunswick. {Chamberlain^ Occa- 

 sionally met with in Quebec. {Dionna.) Summer resident ; 

 icarce. Observed on the Island of Montreal May 24th, 1882, and 

 [une 24th, 1883. {Wintle.) 



A rather scarce summer resident at Ottawa. {Ottawa Naturalist, 

 /ol. V.) One of the species that is increasing with the settle- 

 nent of the Muskoka and Parry Sound districts. Mr. Kay speaks 



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