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Queen Charlotte Woodpecker | Dryobates villosus picoideus, 

 Osgood i. 

 Queen Charlotte Islands. 



Gairdner's Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens gairdneri, Aud). 



A common resident on Vancouver Island, coast of Mainland, 

 and Lower Fraser Valley. 



Batchelder's Woodpecker [Dryobates pubescens homorus, Cab). 

 Common throughout the interior of the Province, along the 

 C. P. R. at Ducks, and at Vernon. Taken at Chilliwhack and 

 Okanagan. 



Xenopicus. ( Baird ) . 



White-headed Woodpecker {Xenopicus albolarvatus, Cass). 

 A rare bird in this Province. Found east of the Coast Range. 

 Taken in the Similkameen Valley. 



Picoides. ( Lacepede ) . 



Arctic, or Black-backed Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides arcti- 

 cus, Swains). 

 Found only east of Coast Range, where in some localities it is 

 quite common. Taken at Okanagan. 



* Alaskan Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides americanus fasci- 



atus, Baird). 

 Rare on Vancouver Island. Common in the spruce zone on the 

 Coast Range. 



* Alpine Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides americanus dorsal is, 



Baird i . 

 Mountains east of Cascades, and north to Cassiar. 



Sphyrapicus. ( Baird ) . 

 Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius nuclialis, Baird). 

 Generally distributed east of Cascade Mountains throughout the 

 Province. It is quite common at Ducks. 



Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber notkensis, Suekow). 



Distributed along the coast. Not uncommon on Vancouver 

 Island. Taken at Chilliwhack. 



