Cogswell 1944 Sphyrapicus varius Big Lagoon, Humboldt Co., Calif. aug. 18 8:10 a.m. along the road up main maple creek canyon, about 1 mile S. of our camp (therefore 2 mi. S.S.E of the lagoon shore) an immature of this species flew onto the upper trunk of an alder near the stream. I shot it, and it flew out over the canyon and circled irregularly up & down & around for fully a minute or two *finally came back to the west* side of the canyon where it tried to alight in a group of small alder saplings among a tangle of burnt logs 150 ft. up the slope. It fell among the branches of the alder, where I found it hanging by a wing & still alive although a shot wound was visible on either side of the head. by me The only other one noted during our stay here was an adult which stopped briefly in alder trees near our camp on aug. 13. aug 20, 22 French Camp, 3100 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. " 25 one seen in Douglas fir - Incense cedar forest on other dates. One was collected on the 25th.