Howell, T.A. 1948 Sphyrapicus varius laggetti 8mi. N. and 13 mi W. of Canby, 4700 ft., Modoc Co., Calif. May 22 (cont'd.) I shall call bird B, a typical laggetti, alighted near the same hole that a bird A had investigated. Bird B went through a similar preening process, tapped the tree trunk a few times, looked in the hole, hitched higher up the trunk, and flew away. About 10 minutes later bird A arrived again, alighting near the hole. It hitched about the trunk in the region of the hole and then screamed 8 times. No reply. It screamed again 6 times, and was answered by screams from 100 yds or so away. Bird A then flew to the small yellow pine in which this morning's feeding ob- servations were made and began to feed. 10 minutes later Bird B arrived in the dead yellow pine, near the hole. It drummed once, tapped around a little, and departed. 5 minutes later Bird A alighted at the hole and did some more of what I presume to be excavating. A few minutes later bird B arrived on the trunk close to A; A noticed him [illegible] and flew down to the small yellow pine with a stuttering cry, apparently unalarmed, and began to feed. Bird B excavated a little and left, to be replaced a minute or