Howell, T.R. 1948 Sphyrapicus varius daggetti 8 mi. N. and 13 mi. W. of Canby, 4700 ft., Modoc Co., Calif. May 22 (cont'd.) courtship process. Of the three I have under observation, one is daggetti > nuchalis, one is typical daggetti, and the other I am reasonably sure is typical daggetti, but I have not seen all three together at close enough range to be sure. Perhaps the bird I collected on the 20th was one of two pairs. At 2:00 P.M. I returned to the same spot. About half-way there I heard a sapsucker drumming on a tough, dried-up dead stub which gave the drumming some resonance. I shot at it but it flew off, injured or not. When I reached the favored site there was bird A, the one with nuchalis leanings, on the same large yellow pine stub on which the collected sapsucker was first observed. It hatched up to a hole (one of at least 5) about 60 ft. off the ground, poked its head and then most of its body in and began pecking. This went on for a minute or so; then the bird withdrew and began to ruffle and preen its feathers, occasionally scratching its ear region with one foot. A moment later it flew away. About 7 minutes later, a bird which