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 84 THE CONDOR Vol. XVI under parts and more conspicuously white-spotted wing coverts. For this reason I have used the name given this bird by Swarth (I9I Ib, pp. 313-318) instead of including it under harrisi as is done by the A. O. U. Committee. Dryolates pulescens nelsoni.. Nelson Downy Woodpecker. I saw an adult male downy woodpecker on Kruzof Island August 25, I93. I was armed only with a rifle at the time and did not collect it. Merrill has seen the species a few times near Sitka, and it was secured by Bischoff (Dall & Bannister, 869, p. 274). It is one of the least common residents of the region. Dryobates pubescens gla-' cidis of Grinnell (9o, p. 390). Picoides americanus americanus. American Three-toed Woodpecker. An adult male taken by C. Littlejohn at an altitude of 2300 feet near Hooniah, Chichagof Island, June 25, 9o7, was used by G!rinnell (9o9, p. 27) as type of a new subspecies, P. a. furnipectus. This fbrm, however, is not recognized by the A. O. U. Committee. A specimen of the three-toed woodpecker was taken .by A. E. Hasselborg at Freshwater Bay, Chichagof Island, November 27, I9o9 (Swarth, 9Ia, p. 69). 8phyrapicus varius ruler. Northern Red-breasted Sapsucker. Merrill has seen this bird On one or two occasions in the timbered swamps back of Sitka. It is, however, decidedly uncommon. Although the name S, ruber notkensis is used by the A. O. U. Committee for the northern form of the Red-breasted Sapsucker, it seems to me that, in view of the facts pointed out by Swarth (92, pp. 35-38), this name is untenable. Colaptes auratus luteus. Northern Flicker. I never saw this bird in the region, and Merrill has noted it but once, on September 26, I93, when he saw a single bird in the swamp back of Sitka. Grinnell (898, p. 27) mentions see- ing dance costumes of the Indians decorated with wing and tail feathers of this and the next species. I have seen a number of these costumes. but the feathers used were all of the next species. Colapres cafer saturatior. Northwestern Flicker. Rather frequently seen in the forests. An immature specimen was secured on Biorka Island July 24, I912. Chaetura vauxi. Vaux Swift. Fifteen or twenty of these swifts were seen at Patterson Bay, east side of Baranof Island, September 7, I913. They were feeding around a waterfall, and a specimen was secured. A single bird was also noted at Cascade Bay, a few miles to the northward, September 9, following. Selasphorus rufus. Rufous Hummingbird. Summer visitant. Generally dis- tributed but not very plen'tiful. Noted from the water's edge to 3500 feet in the mountains. lilmpidonax difilcilis difficilis. Western Flycatcher. Summer visitant. I saw and heard this species occasionally in the woods back of Sitka'. Grinnell (i898, p. I28) found them common in the same locality in the summer of I896. June 30 he took a female containing an egg ready to be laid. He noted young appearing with their parents August I. Bean (I882, p. I6I) took an adult male near Sitka June 5, I88o, and saw several others in the same locality. A specimen was taken by F. Stephens at Red Bluff Bay, Baranof Island, June I4, I97, and one was seen at Rodman Bay, same island, in late August, following (Grinnell, I9o 9, p. 220). Pica pica hurlsonia. Magpie. According to Merrill, the magpie is only an occasional fall straggler to Sitka, being more frequently seen on Chichagof and 'Admiralty islands. He secured a male near Sitka, October 20, I9o8, and a fe- male about twenty miles north of Sitka, October 28, x9x2. He has seen a few others in the vicinity in fall. According to Dall and Bannister (I869, p. 286),