498 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ZOOLOGY, VOL. XIII. 



Sphyropicus nuchalis HARGITT, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, p. 569. 

 Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis RIDGWAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, 

 p. 279. 



Range: Western North America, breeding from central British 

 Columbia to Arizona, central New Mexico and western Texas and from 

 northeastern California and eastern Oregon, east to Montana, Wyoming 

 and western Kansas; in winter to Mexico, Lower California and Guate- 

 mala; casual during migrations to the Coast region of Washington and 

 California. 



t32: Colorado (Bartholdi Pass i, Gore Range i, Williams Range, 

 Routte Co., 4); Montana (Colombia Falls 5, Lode Co. i); Texas (Gid- 

 dings i, Ft. Davis i); Arizona (Phoenix 2); Mexico (Chihuahua 16). 



*Sphyrapicus ruber ruber (Gmelin). NORTHERN RED-BREASTED SAP- 

 SUCKER. 



Picus ruber GMELIN, Syst. Nat., I, pt. i, 1788, p. 429 (" Cayenne " = Nootka 



Sound, British Columbia)". 

 Picus ruber notkensis SUCKOW, Anfangaser. Naturg. Th., II, I, 1800, p. 535 



(Nootka Sound, British Columbia, based on "Coole's last Voy., II, 297"). 

 Sphyropicus ruber HARGITT, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, p. 194, part 



(Vancouver I., British Columbia, etc.). 

 Sphyrapicus ruber notkensis RIDGWAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, 



p. 284. 

 Sphyrapicus varius ruber SWARTH, Univ. Calif. Pub., Zool., X, 1912, p. 34, 



crit. (nomencl.). 



Range: Northwest coast of North America, breeding from southern 

 Alaska, western British Columbia and Vancouver, and western Wash- 

 ington to western Oregon; casually or irregularly southward in winter 

 in California to Monterey. 



2: Oregon (Salem i, Logan i). 



*Sphyrapicus ruber daggetti (Grinnett). CALIFORNIA RED-BREASTED 



WOODPECKER. 

 Sphyrapicus varius daggetti GRINNELL, Condor, III, 1901, p. 12 (Pasadena, 



Los Angeles Co., California). 

 Sphyrapicus ruber HARGITT, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVIII, 1890, p. 194, part 



(California). 

 Sphyrapicus ruber ruber RIDGWAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, 



p. 282. 



Range : California, from the northern part of the state to mountains 



In my opinion Mr. Swarth's arguments (/. c., 1912, p. 34) in favor of con- 

 sidering Gmelin's ruber to represent the northern form, seems to be sound and should 

 be accepted. For information concerning the case, see Grinnell, Condor, III, 1901, 

 p. 12; Osgood, N. Am. Fauna, No. 21, 1901, p. 45; Richmond, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 

 XV, 1902, p. 89; Swarth, Univ. Calif. Pub., Zool., X, 1912, p. 34 and Ridgway, Bull. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, p. 286, footnote. 



