187. California Pygmy Owl. _Glaucidium gnoma californicum_ (Scl.). Common throughout the southern portions of the Province, including Vancouver Island. Order COCCYGES. Cuckoos and Kingfishers. Family CUCULIDÆ. Cuckoos. COCCYZUS Vieillot. 188. Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo. California Cuckoo. _Coccyzus americanus occidentalis_ (Ridgw.). A regular summer resident in the southwestern portions of the Province. It breeds on Vancouver Island near Victoria. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack. Family ALCEDINIDÆ. Kingfishers. CERYLE Boie. 189. Belted Kingfisher. _Ceryle alcyon_ (LINN.). An abundant resident throughout the Province, breeds throughout its range. Order PICI. Woodpeckers, Wrynecks, etc. Family PICIDÆ. Woodpeckers. DRYOBATES Boie. 190. Northern Hairy Woodpecker. _Dryobates villosus leucomelas_ (Bodd.). Common resident on the Mainland east of Cascade Mountains. I found it quite common at Sicamous, May, 1895. Mr. Brooks reports having taken it several times at Chilliwhack. 191. Harris's Woodpecker. _Dryobates villosus harrisii_ (Aud.). A common resident west of Coast Range, including Vancouver Island. 192. Cabanis's Woodpecker. _Dryobates villosus hyloscopus_ (Cab.). Rocky Mountain district. Taken at Okanagan by A. C. Brooks. 193. Queen Charlotte Woodpecker. _Dryobates villosus picoideus_ (Osgood). Queen Charlotte Islands. 194. Gairdner's Woodpecker. _Dryobates pubescens gairdneri_ (Aud.). A very common resident on Vancouver Island, Coast of Mainland and Lower Fraser Valley. 195. Batchelder's Woodpecker. _Dryobates pubescens homorus_ (Cab.). Common throughout the interior of the Province, along the C. P. R., at Ducks, and at Vernon. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. XENOPICUS Baird. 196. White-headed Woodpecker. _Xenopicus albolarvatus_ (Cass.). A rare bird in this Province, found east of the Coast Range. Museum specimen from Similkameen Valley, collected by R. V. Griffin. PICOIDES Lacépède. 197. Black-backed Three-toed Woodpecker. _Picoides arcticus_ (Swains.). Found only east of Coast Range, where in some localities it is quite common. Mr. Brooks reports it from Okanagan. 198. Alaskan Three-toed Woodpecker. _Picoides americanus fasciatus_ (Bird). West of Cascade Mountains common. Rare on Vancouver Island. Brooks says common resident in the spruce zone on the Coast Range. 199. Alpine Three-toed Woodpecker. _Picoides americanus dorsalis_ (Baird). Mountains east of Cascade Mountains, north to Cassiar. (_Fannin_.) SPHYRAPICUS Baird. 200. Red-naped Sapsucker. _Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis_ (Baird). Generally distributed east of Cascade Mountains throughout the Province. It was quite common at Duck's, May, 1895. 201. Red-breasted Sapsucker. _Sphyrapicus ruber notkensis_ (Suckow.). Generally distributed along the Coast. Not uncommon on Vancouver Island. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack. 202. Williamson's Sapsucker.