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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