Howell, T.R. 1950 S. varius ssp. Alexandria, 1800ft, 28 mi. S. of Quesnel, British Columbia June 15 (cont'd) the tree. I was not successful in following it to its nest, although on the first visit it had gathered a beautiful of insects and was clearly on its way to feed young. At 4:00 P.M. I went to the nest described on June 12 and collected the parents as they came up to it. I fired a couple of heavy loads into the tree about a foot below the nest opening; I hope this killed the young instantly. June 16 - I went about 3 miles back of the ranch house, and probably up a total of 200ft in a long, slight rise. First the trail passes through aspen-birch, then cut-over fir, then a narrow belt of mature fir, then lodge-pole pine and immature fir, with scattered patches of aspen, all small. I spent most of my time in the upper part of the trail, but did not find sapsuckers. I saw one or two old nest holes in mature aspens, and some old workings in a birch. I hoped to find ruber in the mature fir - through which mature aspen is scattered - but didn't. I think the absence of hemlock and virtual absence of balsam makes it rather unsuitable. At 4:15 P.M. I was looking around a large grove of mature aspen where I had not been before, and found a single typical nuchalis, apparently a male. I will come back and hunt for the nest. Between 8:00 and 9:00 P.M. I heard screams and saw at least 2 sapsuckers, one definitely nuchalis.