Howell, T.R. 1950 S. v. nuchalis Dry Lake, 15mi. N. of Princeton, B.C. May 8 (cont'd.) year, with many yellowish tips to the pectoral band feathers and the head striping not as distinct as in the ♂. My im- pression is that the ♂s have a more distinctly marked pattern than the ♀s. Both birds showed what I believe to be the start of a brood patch, although their gonads did not seem much enlarged; the oviduct looked rather enlarged, but not the ovary to any great extent. The birds with the nest site behind the garage were at work at 6:00 A.M., around noon, and last seen there at about 3:30. From 4:30 on no bird was seen there. At 4:40 I saw one [illegible] feeding in a very large poplar, about 40 ft up. This was behind my cabin, about 75 yds from the garage nest. I watched for 20 min, but the bird did not leave or otherwise reveal a nest site. 29 mi. S. of Princeton, ft., B.C. May 9 - see journal for account of the countryside. At about 5:00 P.M. I was up on an open slope, somewhat burnt over, with lots of large dead stubs, and I heard a sapsucker screaming. It was a perfectly typical robber up in the top of a tall dead tree, about 50 ft high at least. The bird was tapping in one spot, possibly a nest site, and screaming