Field notes, v1364
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Howell, T.R. 1950 S. various ssp. Hope-Princeton Road, British Columbia May 13 (cont'd.) feel fairly sure it was one of the same birds. Thus, a mated pair of typical rubor occurs a few miles west of Allison Pass, which is 4403 ft. At the same spot I also saw the coast Red Squirrel (which has an orange belly in contrast to the white- bellied interior form). This record is 34 miles west of where I have found typical nuchalis; now I must narrow down this gap. It seems likely that the summit crossed by Allison Pass is the main barrier in this region. 29 mi. SW. of Princeton, ft., B.C. May 13 (cont'd.) At 3:40 P.M., I was working at the nest site which faces approximately east (the 2nd one). R. continued until 3:47, when it hitched up to near- the top and flew off. At 3:56 I heard a tattoo from that direction. At 4:22, r. returned and began work again. The bird was getting from 2/3 to 3/4 of the way in (beyond the white wing stripe) by 5:15, when R. again hitched up to the top of the stub and remained there for several minutes; at 5:20 P.M., when I left, r. was still there. I have not seen n. work in the afternoon. May 14 - I am walking roughly NE from the Falls, along the ridge above the road. From 6:30 A.M. until 7:20, no sound of sapsuckers; then in an aspen grove in a wet spot in the pines, a nuchalis sounds off from