Howell, T.R. 1950 S. varius ssp. 16mi. S. of Quesnel, Ft., British Columbia July 7 (cont'd) looked in; I collected it then. It is almost perfectly intermediate between nuchalis and ruber. About 50 yds away I saw a juvenal, probably from this nest, but there is no way now to be sure. In any case, it is certain that this intermediate was quite fertile as it had a whole nest full of young which evidently came to maturity and cleared out. To my surprise, this bird was a ?. Then I went to the other nest and did some more tattoo imitations, getting responses from at least two birds, but could not get one up to the nest. Within 50 yds of it, however, I found a birch "feeding tree" in use by 3 juvenals, all with some head striping, and saw a [?] ad. nuchalis come up and feed them, then start feeding itself. This bird did quite a bit of screaming, but apparently no tattooing. Finally I stalked a bird which was responding well to my imitations, and it was about 100 yds. from the nest. Thus, I am not sure what terri- tory it kept. The bird was very close to typical ruber, and may have been so. I took careful aim and fired, and it flew away. I cannot understand why, when I had previously collected 5 pairs with casual ease, I should now find myself lucky to get half the birds I shoot at. Such is malevolent fate.