Howell, T.R. 1948 Sphyrapicus various daggetti 8mi N. and 13mi. W. of Canby, 4700ft, Modoc Co., Calif. May 20 - I first saw a sapsucker at about 8:00 A.M., when one flew overhead and alighted on a dead yellow pine stub about 30ft high. There were two woodpecker holes in the stub near the top, and this bird hitched up and looked into one, then moved out on a dead branch, perched cross-wise for a moment, and flew off. About an hour later I returned to the same spot and located another or the same bird on a larger yellow pine stub. I alarmed the bird and it flew to a small (about 30ft high) live pine which showed much evidence of woodpecker and sapsucker drillings and began to peck at the tree. No sound was uttered by the bird until I shot it, when it screeched weakly. There are no aspens within 2 or 3 miles of this locality, and at this date none show any signs of budding out. Perhaps what sapsuckers there are here are working around the dead pine stubs and other pine trees until the deciduous ones start to leaf out and the weather warms up enough for insects other than wood-boring grubs. The weather is still quite cold here, with an inch or so of snow on the ground in many places. May 21 - In the same locality that I collected the sapsucker yesterday