Howell, T.R. 1950 S. varius ssp. 22 mi E of Hope, ft., British Columbia May 18 (cont'd) not see another bird. The forest is full of soft snow here and walking is very slow. At 10:00 the weather had not cleared at all, so I started back to the Falls. It was not a very successful morning, and I would like to blame this fact squarely on the weather. May 19 - see Journal for account of morning's activity. No sapsuckers seen or heard. 29 mi SW of Princeton, ft., B.C. May 19, also. In the afternoon I went up the slope where the mixed nest is. Several hundred yards from it I scared up a ? nuchalis with a very white throat: only the lower 1/3, it looked had any red at all. I arrived at the mixed (r.-n.) nest just before 3:00 P.M., and at 3:10 I came up to the north-facing hole, the 3rd one on which I have seen them work. It was present, however, at the time I first found the pair. Today I was going all the way in the hole, completely out of sight, but apparently there is not yet room to turn around as he backed out laboriously every time. When he withdrew, he would toss a beautiful of light yellow chips with a shake of his head, and the wind whipped them away like a puff of smoke. At 3:25 n. came up to the nest tree, alighted, and hiked over to r., who continued work for a moment, and then rattled off. N. paused, then rattled off also. I waited until 4:00 P.M., but did not see either one again.