Howell, T.R. 1950 S. varius ssp. 29 mi. SW of Princeton, ft., British Columbia May 17 (cont'd.) Flickers were. At the same time there are tattoos in the near distance. N. and R. both seem to be nervously alert; the little hawk is just sitting quietly. N. hitches away from the nest and to higher up on the tree. R. flies over towards where the tattoos came from, about 100 yds. The Sparrow Hawk leaves. N. goes over to the tree where it was, hitches up to the top, flies off. This is about [illegible] 7:45 AM. At 7:55, R. flies to that tree, hitches around out of sight at 7:58, C comes down to the nest site (the new one), and begins work. 8:05. R. gets 3/8 of the way into the nest, comes out with a beautiful of dark-looking chips. 8:08 - N. to nest, R. glides off with a rattle to the balsam tree where he went during the Sparrow Hawk incident; it is running with pitch. Then N. flies over to the little scrub alder (?) 30 yds from the nest, and taps at what looks like a very fresh, first working. As I am close and the light is favorable I can see that N. is definitely a F, with a clear white chin and whitish upper throat. She screams once, then flies off from one dead tree to another. 8:17; a tattoo, and R. comes up to the nest, starts work. 8:28 - M Sparrow Hawk comes by again, alights 20 yds. from nest. R. seems to notice him, hitches away from nest, bobs, screams several times, 'crest' up. The hawk leaves, although he took no apparent notice of C Distant tattoos. 8:33 - R. leaves, screaming. 8:53 - R. goes by 200 yds from nest, from the top of one tree to another, screaming. Then he