Catalogue of British Columbia Birds - Part 16
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_Dryobates p.u.b.escens h.o.m.orus_ (Cab.).

Common throughout the interior of the Province, along the C. P. R., at Ducks, and at Vernon. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan.

XENOPICUS Baird.

196. White-headed Woodp.e.c.k.e.r.

_Xenopicus albolarvatus_ (Ca.s.s.).

A rare bird in this Province, found east of the Coast Range. Museum specimen from Similkameen Valley, collected by R. V. Griffin.

PICOIDES Lacepede.

197. Black-backed Three-toed Woodp.e.c.k.e.r.

_Picoides arcticus_ (Swains.).

Found only east of Coast Range, where in some localities it is quite common. Mr. Brooks reports it from Okanagan.

198. Alaskan Three-toed Woodp.e.c.k.e.r.

_Picoides america.n.u.s fasciatus_ (Bird).

West of Cascade Mountains common. Rare on Vancouver Island. Brooks says common resident in the spruce zone on the Coast Range.

199. Alpine Three-toed Woodp.e.c.k.e.r.

_Picoides america.n.u.s dorsalis_ (Baird).

Mountains east of Cascade Mountains, north to Ca.s.siar.

(_Fannin_.)

SPHYRAPICUS Baird.

200. Red-naped Sapsucker.

_Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis_ (Baird).

Generally distributed east of Cascade Mountains throughout the Province. It was quite common at Duck's, May, 1895.

201. Red-breasted Sapsucker.

_Sphyrapicus ruber notkensis_ (Suckow.).

Generally distributed along the Coast. Not uncommon on Vancouver Island. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack.

202. Williamson's Sapsucker.

_Sphyrapicus thyroideus_ (Ca.s.s.).

Taken at Similkameen, B. C., by R. V. Griffin, June, 1882, (Check List of B. C. Birds, 1891--_Fannin_.)

CEOPHLOEUS Cabanis.

203. Northern Pileated Woodp.e.c.k.e.r.

_Ceophloeus pileatus abieticola_ (Bangs.).

Common resident throughout the Province, on Vancouver Island and Mainland through the interior to Okanagan. Mr. Brooks found it scarce in the Cariboo District.

ASYNDESMUS (Wils.) Coues.

204. Lewis's Woodp.e.c.k.e.r.

_Asyndesmus torquatus_ (Wils.).

Abundant through the interior of the Province, at Vernon and Grand Prairie. I found it quite common at Chilliwhack this year. A summer resident on Vancouver Island.

COLAPTES Swainson.

205. Northern Flicker.

_Colaptes auratus luteus_ (Bangs.).

A rare bird of this Province, but is found on Vancouver Island and east to the Rocky Mountains.

206. Red-shafted Flicker.

_Colaptes cafer collaris_ (Vigors).

Common east of Cascade Mountains through the interior, at Duck's, Sicamous and Okanagan.

207. North-western Flicker.

_Colaptes cafer saturatior_ (Ridgew.).

Abundant resident west of Cascade Mountains; very common on Vancouver Island.

Order MACROCHIRES. Goatsuckers, Swifts, etc.

Family CAPRIMULGIDae. Goatsuckers.

PHALaeNOPTILUS Ridgway.

208. Poor-will.