2l6 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



GENUS MELANERPES SWAINSON. 

 SUBGENUS MELANERPES. 



Melanerpes SWAINS. Fauna Bor. Am. II. 1831, 316. Type, Picus 

 erytlirocephalus LINN. 



406. Melanerpes erythrocephalus (LINN.). 



Red-headed Woodpecker. 



Picus erythrocephalus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 113. 

 Melanerpes erythrocepJialus SWAINS. Fauna Bor. Am. II. 1831, 316. 



[B 94, C 309, R 375, C 453.] 



HAB. United States, west to the Rock)' Mountains, straggling west- 

 ward to Salt Lake Valley ; rare or local east of the Hudson River. 



407. Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi RIDGW. 



Californian Woodpecker. 



Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi RIDGW. Bull. No. 21 U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 iSSi, 34, 85. 



[B 95, C 310, R 377, C 454-] 



HAB. Pacific coast region of the United States, east into Arizona, 

 south into Mexico. 



407 a. Melanerpes formicivorus angustifrons BAIRD. 



Narrow-fronted Woodpecker. 



Melanerpes formicivorus var. angustifrons BAIRD, Orn. Cal. I. 1870, 

 405. 



[B , C 310 a, R 377 a, C 455.] 

 HAB. Lower California. 



SUBGENUS ASYNDESMUS COUES. 



Asyndesmus COUES, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1866, 55. Type, Picus 

 torqtiatus WILS. 



408. Melanerpes torquatus (WILS.). 



Lewis's Woodpecker. 



l^icus torquatns WILSON, Am. Orn. III. 1811, 31, pi. xx. fig. 3. 

 Melancrpcs torquatus BONAP. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 40. 



[B 96, C 3 u, R 37 6, C 456-] 



