90 Wyoming Experiment Station. 



402. Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.). 

 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 

 Possibly a summer resident ; but there are no breeding- 

 records. Grinned reports it rather abundant among the large 

 timber on the Medicine Bow river ; Hayden captured speci- 

 mens Aug. 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. 



402 a. Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis Baird. 

 Red -naped Sapsucker. 



Summer resident ; common. The following have reported 

 this variety: Drexel, Fort Bridger ; Bond, Cheyenne; Coues 

 (Hayden) Wind River mountains and Popo Agie river. Nos. 

 io 779> 3 8280 . io 785, 10783, 10776, 19181-4, 8807, 60804 and 

 61090, 61091, 61092, 61095 from the National Museum have 

 all been taken in Wyoming. There are four skins in the Uni- 

 versity collection that have been taken in Albany and Carbon 

 counties. I have observed them at Buffalo, Meeteese, Sun- 

 dance, Hyattville, Garrett and Sheep mountain. 



404. Sphyrapicus thyroideus (Cass.). 

 Williamson's Sapsucker. 

 Summer resident ; rather common. There are the fol- 

 lowing records of this bird in the state : Hayden, Laramie 



peak ; Merriam, Yellow- 

 stone park ; Grinned, 

 "observed but once near 

 Tower creek, Yellow- 

 stone park;" Jesurun 

 reports one specimen 

 from Douglas ; Bond, 

 "rather common during 

 migration at Cheyenne ; 

 Nos. 38286, 38285, 8803, 8804, and 62262 from the National 

 Museum have been taken in Wyoming. 



