Howell, T.R. 1950 S. varlus ssp. 50 mi. SW of Princeton ft., British Columbia May 30 (----) delayed by car trouble, I got here at 7:30 A.M. The disappearance of much of the snow has revealed a marker, M34, which means 34 miles from Hope, by road. This would make the spot a little closer to 49 mi. SW of Princeton, but by my speedometer it is 50. I started up the east slope, heard screams, and saw a sapsucker fly up nearby. It was right in the sun and I never did get another look at it. I went all the way to very near the top of the ridge and down by a different route, but I did not see or hear a sapsucker - 10:15. I crossed to the west side of the road [A creek runs from the southwest into Cedar Creek at this point. on one side, the timber is al- most all green, and on the other the Burn starts. The small valley in which this creek runs extends to the southwest and provides green timber for several miles, quite possibly to the other side of the Burn. At 10:25 I saw a nuchalis in a dead tree_ on the green side of the creek. Then a typical ruber flew to a small balsam near me, on the Burn side. The ruber moved_ on up the slope a short distance, and began to feed near and even on the ground, apparently on ants, which are fairly large_ and abundant. The nuchalis, which I am virtually certain was a 0 by its color,