Howell, T.R. 1950 S. y. muchalis 27 mi. S. of Princeton, B.C. May 1 (cont'd.) but perceptibly slower. This turned out to be a Williamson sapsucker, S. thyroideus. Several were heard. Their calls seem to come at slower intervals, too. Farther down the road towards Hope, about 33 mi. S., I again heard tattoos and yelps and saw a sapsucker in the top of a big dead tree over 100 yds away. with 10x binocular I could see that it was nuchalis or close to it. the black pectoral band was visible, but the bird was at such an angle that I couldn't see the head striping well. Then it flew off out of sight. [Cowan later collected thyroideus here] I returned to Dry Lake in the afternoon, where it rained steadily. May 2 (Dry Lake) 5:30 A.M. D.S.T. (see Journal) The sky was light at this hour, mostly overcast. No tattooing. At 6:00, a few yelps were heard across the lake; at 6:30, again. I saw a nuchalis fly from a poplar to a fir tree, where it was lost to sight. I went over to this spot about 15 min. later, and a nuchalis flew out of a poplar to a dead tree close by and tattooed twice, then flew off. These are the only tattoos I heard this morning, as of 7:30. Perhaps the sapsuckers are just as depressed by wet, gray mornings as I am. My impression is that in the