48 WYoMING BIRDS. 
394b. Dryobates pubescens homorus: Batchelders’ Woodpecker. 
Fairly common summer resident over most of the state. 
Specimens which approach gairdneri are frequently found. 
400. Picoides arcticus: Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. 
Uncommon resident in the northern portion of the state. 
Knight’s records were all from the northwestern part, 
while recent records by Peabody and Cary are from north- 
eastern Wyoming. 
401b. Picoides americanus dorsalis: Alpine Three-toed Wood- 
pecker. 
Knight said: ‘Common in alpine regions.” Recent ob- 
servers have failed to report it, with the. exception of 
Walker, who found it in the Medicine Bow Mountains. 
402. Sphyrapicus varius varius: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 
“Possibly a summer resident; but there are no breeding 
records. Grinnell reports it rather abundant amone the 
large timber on the Medicine Bow River; Hayden cap- 
tured specimens, August 9th,. at Laramie Peak, in 1856; 
Wood took specimens on the Medicine Bow River, August 
9th, 1856; Holden reports it from the vicinity of Sherman. 
There is one specimen in the University collection that was 
taken in Carbon County.” (Knight.) 
402a. Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis: Red-naped Sapsucker. 
Fairly common summer resident at the lower and middle’ 
altitudes, in the timbered regions. 
404. Sphyrapicus thyroideus: Williamson’s Sapsucker. 
“Summer resident; rather common. There are the fol- 
lowing records of this bird in the state: Hayden, Lar- 
amie Peak; Merriam, Yellowstone Park: Grinnell, ‘ob- 
served but once near Tower Creek, Yellowstone Park’: 
Jesurun reports one specimen from Douglas; Bond, ‘rather 
common during migration at Cheyenne’; Nos. 38286, 38285, 
8203, 8804, and 62262 from the National Museum, have 
been taken in Wyoming.”  (Knight.) 
406. Melanerpes erythrocephalus: Red-headed Woodpecker. 
Fairly common summer resident of the eastern and north- 
ern portions of the state, not found in the southwestern 
portion. 
