Howell, T.R. 1950 S. varius ssp. Hope - Princeton Road, British Columbia May 16 (cont'd) - The road runs through Manning Park in a sort of a "V". The Falls is near the upper right limb of the figure, and Allison Pass is a little way up the ascending limb on the left (W) side. At the pass, 4402 ft., with slopes rising to 6000 and 5500 ft. on either side, the forest is mostly lodge-pole pine, locally called jack-pine. Beyond the pass to the west is the 1945 "burn." Mr. R.F. Boyd, the Park Ranger, says that the burn occurred at just about the place where the coast forest blended into that of the interior. The red cedar is a good indicator of the coast forest, and it comes right up to the western edge of the burn. On both sides of the pass there is Engelmann Spruce, Hemlock, Balsam, and- Douglas Fir, and Lodge-pole Pine. It is possible that the 1945 fire burned out the area of intergradation of the sapsuckers, at least that along the road. The road follows the Skagit Creek (= Cedar Creek) and there are enough cottonwoods along the creek and live conifers scattered through- out the burn to permit a continuous sap- sucker population, but it could make for small contacts and very limited interbreeding. Now I want to record my impressions of the ruber that I saw at close range today. ruber looks definitely larger than nuchalis