Howell, T.R. 1950 S.v. nuchalis Dry Lake, f., 15 mi. N. of Princeton, B.C. May 7 (cont'd.) rather desparately to the side of the tree opposite the wind. Apparently the wind (about 20 mi./hr in gusts) was too strong to permit work on the nest exposed to it. At the NE corner nest site a bird was working about y3 of the way in. May 8 - Overcast at 5:30; no sapsucker heard. At 6:20 I was down near the south end of Round Lake (the next one north) and heard several tattoos. Then, almost right over my head, a sapsucker flew to a poplar; there were squawks, and one flew off with a rattle, or rather glided off. This is really a sort of half glide- half-flutter, and it and the rattling call seem to go together. The bird that re- mained, a ♂, was nervous at my presence, and flew to another poplar a few feet away which had been freshly drilled for feeding. His nervousness was well founded, for I collected him then. As seemed likely, there was a nest site at the first poplar - about 18 ft up was a hole that looked about bill-deep. I waited, and in a few minutes the ♀ returned, alighting on a small branch 3 ft above the nest site Here she preened for about 10 minutes, and finally hitched haltingly down to the nest site and began to work. I collected her too. The ♀ seems to be a bird of the