At Bouchie Lake one pair occupied the willow woods, that has
been referred to several times in this paper, and here a male was
incubating eggs on June 8. At another place beside this lake, on
June 18, a male was watched carrying food to young and removing faecal
sacs from the nest. The nest entrance, that measured one and a half. -
inches, was 30 feet from the ground on the north side of a 10 inch
aspen. At other times during my stay at Bouchie Lake this male fre-
quently came into view as it searched tree trunks for food or flew
out after some passing insect

Several pairs observed at Bulkley Lake had nested and raised
young in willow woods, and at least one brood in the flying stage
was seen there on July e7.

The migration route travelled by this species to and from these
regions can only be conjectured. It is not through southern British
Columbia where the species is unknown, so presumably it is along the
coast west of the mountains, then east and south (in spring) to cen-
tral British Columbia.

Three adult specimens taken show no indication of inter-
gradation with Sphyrapicus varius. The last is the only sapsucker
represented in the Cariboo Parklands. Where, or if, the ranges of
the two forms meet has apparently not yet been determined

The supspecies represented is Sphyrapicus ruber notkensis
( Suckow).

Hairy Woodpecker--Dryobates villosus (Linnaeus).

Uncommonly scarce even in recent burns--generally one of the
favourite haunts of this species. It was conspicuously absent
from the Puntchesakut Region where, it was expected, the large
areas of aspen forest would attract nesting pairs. It was seen
once near Bouchie Lake, and once at a place 10 miles south of
Quesnel. In a recent burn at Chief Lake a male and female, evidently
a pair, were watched for some time as they worked over the dead
timber. The nest was not located. A male with brood patch was col-
lected in deep coniferous woods at Summit Lake, June 25, and an adult,
freshly moulted female at Bulkley Lake on July 28. These are examples
of the sub-species Dryobates villosus monticola Anthony.

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