Howell, T.R. 1950 S. varus ssp. 53 mi. SW of Princeton, ft., British Columbia May 23 (cont'd.) close range, but I would not call it an intermediate. I think probably all rubber show this, as it can be made out in skins. The bird moved to several other trees, worked at feeding diggings on a hemlock, and flew down into denser timber, out of sight. I waited until 9:00, but there was no further sign of sapsuckers. A 3-toed woodpecker, (&-P. tridactylus) was close by, feeding, but neither he nor the rubber took apparent notice of each other. This observation was on a slope at the edge of a burned area, and probably not over 200yds air line from where I first heard the tattooos. West of here is plenty of green timber, but there is very little visible from the road until a spot 3 miles E., where I have seen nuchalis. The intervening area is all burned. It may well be that the Burn is an effective barrier at this particular junction of the ranges. There are numerous Red Cedars here; I have not seen them east of the burn, although there are probably a few. 50 mi. SW of Princeton ft., B.C. May 24 5:30 A.M., clear, cold (see Journal). I stayed here until 6:45 and no sapsuckers were heard. It was so god damned cold that I could hardly persuade myself to walk around, and I didn't much. I moved to 22 mi. E of Hope, where the sun was shining at road level, and arrived at 7:15 A.M.