214 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



401. Picoides americanus BREHM. 



American Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Picoides americanus BREHM, Handb. Vog. Deutschl. 1831, 195. 

 [B 83, C 301, R 368, C 444-] 



HAB. Northern North America, from the arctic regions southward, 

 in winter, to the Northern United States. 



401 a. Picoides americanus alascensis (NELS.). 



Alaskan Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Picoides tridactyhis alascensis NELSON, Auk, I. April, 1884, 165. 

 Picoides americanus alascensis RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 

 1885, 355. 



[B-, C , R , C-.] 

 HAB. Alaska. 



401 . Picoides americamis dorsalis BAIRD. 



Alpine Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Picoides dorsalis BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 100. 



Picoides americanus dorsalis BAIRD, Orn. Calif. I. 1870, 386. 



[B8 4 , C 3 oi<7, R 368^,0445.] 



HAB. Rocky Mountain region of the United States, south into New 

 Mexico. 



GENUS SPHYRAPICUS BAIRD. 

 Sphyrapicus BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 101. Type, Picus varius LINN. 



402. Sphyrapicus varius (LINN.). 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



Picns varius LINN. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 176. 

 Sphyrapicus "varius BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 103. 



[B 85, C 302, R 369, C 446-] 



HAB. North America north and east of the Great Plains, south to 

 the West Indies, Mexico, and Guatemala. 



