1926] §warth: Birds and Mammals from the Atlin Region 115

Ceryle alcyon caurina Grinnell. Western Belted Kingfisher

There appeared to be a few pairs of kingfishers nesting in the
region about Atlin. The species was far from common but an
occasional bird was seen throughout the summer.

Dryobates villosus leucomelas (Boddaert)
Northern Hairy Woodpecker

Only three hairy woodpeckers were encountered during the summer,
one seen July 6, a male collected on July 7 (no. 44745), and a male
collected on August 22 (44746). The two specimens, collected near
the town of Atlin, are unquestionably of the subspecies leucomelas,
here near the southern limit of that race. In the upper Stikine Valley,
150 miles south of Atlin, the subspecies monticola occurs, in fair
abundance (Swarth, 1922, p. 217). In the monticola series at hand
from that region there are specimens that show intergradation toward
leucomelas.

Dryobates pubescens nelsoni Oberholser. Nelson Downy Woodpecker

An adult male downy woodpecker (no. 44747), shot near Atlin,
June 8, was the only one of the species that was seen. This bird is
referable to the subspecies nelsoni. It has slightly more black mark-
ing on the outer rectrices than is seen in specimens of nelsoni from
the Yukon, but in all other respects it appears to be typical of that
race.

Picoides americanus fasciatus Baird. Alaska Three-toed Woodpecker

Unexpectedly rare. The first was seen July 11; afterward perhaps
five or six, all told, were encountered. One seen at Lake Teslin,
September 11. One specimen collected, an adult female, July 11
(no. 44748).

Colaptes auratus borealis Ridgway. Boreal Flicker

Present at Carcross when we arrived, May 22, and at Atlin when
we reached there a few days later. Breeds in fair abundance through-
out the lowlands. A nest hole, partly finished, was found May 31, in
a stump in a clearing, one foot from the ground. On June 24 a flicker
was seen feeding young in a hole in a dead poplar about three feet