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402. Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker. 
Sphympicus varius (Linn.). 
A few specimens of this bird were observed. No nest was 
found, though it doubtless breeds. 
405. Pileated Woodpecker. 
Ceophloeus pileatus (Linn.). 
The Pileated Woodpecker, or Logcock, is occasionally met. 
with in the more densely-wooded district north of Prince Albert, 
across the north branch of the Saskatchewan. It was not seen 
in the scattered timber south of Prince Albert. 
412. Flicker. 
Colaptes auratus (Linn.). 
The Flicker was found to be a common bird. It was par¬ 
ticularly so about Prince Albert, in the timber along the Sas¬ 
katchewan Liver. Many were also seen in the poplar bluffs 
scattered over the prairie south of Prince Albert. 
The nest is an excavation in a dead or partly dead, tree-trunk. 
There is no lining unless it be a few bits of wood left in the cav¬ 
ity after excavation. I he same cavity is often used several 
successive years. The height at which the cavity is made 
varies greatly, some being as high as forty or fifty feet, while 
others are not more than eight feet from the ground. 
In this region, the bird begins to lay, generally, by the first 
of June. The number of eggs in a set varies considerably, 
from five to nine being the usual number. More than that, how¬ 
ever, are sometimes laid. 
420. Nightiiawk. 
Chordeiles virginiamis (GmeL). 
This bird is also common in this region. Through the day it 
usually resorts to the cover of woods and may sometimes be seen 
resting flat on the horizontal limb of a tree. About evening, or 
on cloudy days, it spends its time flying through the air in 1 pur¬ 
suit of insects. They often hunt in companies of half a dozen or 
