Victoria, Oct. 7 5:00 p.m. - Just had a visit at our hotel from Capt. G. D. Sprot and Mr. Newcomb. The latter was once connected with the Provincial Museum, but fell out with Kermode and is now, I gather, a free-lance. Sprot confirmed what Cowan said about Red-breasted Sapsuckers: that they are resident in this southern part of Vancouver Island; do not leave the island in winter. This is not new to me surprising when I learn that there is rarely any snow here all winter, and the average annual precipitation is only some 26 inches. The humid coast belt lies but a short distance west of here. Mr Sprot very generously offered to get for MVZ any specially desired birds, such as: Red-winged Blackbird, Marsh Wrens, Sapsuckers, Savannah Sparrows [brooksi, which is resident here - the other races migrating there], Hutton Vireos. Oct. 8 9:30 a.m. - With Kermode, Sprot, Kermode, Jr., Cowan and Mrs. G.