286 SPIIYRAPICUS YARIUS, YELLOW-BELLIED WOODPECKER. 



147, pi. 9, f. 2.— Bp., Am. Orn. i, pi. 8, f. 2 ; Syn. 1828, 45 ; List, 1838, 39 ; Coiisp. i, 

 iyr)U, i:58.— Wagl., Svst. Av. 1827, No. 1(5; Lsis, 1829,.WJ.—Nutt., Mau. i, 18:52. 

 574.-^LESS.,Tr. Oru. i, 1831, 228.— Aui)., Oni. Biog. ii. 1834,519; v, 1830, 537; 

 pi. 190 ; Svn. 1839, 182 ; B. Am. iv, 1842, 263, ))1. 2(57.— Guay, 0(^1. of B. ii, 435.— 

 Kkich., Haiulhiich Sp. Oni. 37(5, pi. (i39, f. 4258,4259; J. f. O. 185(5, 102.— 

 Maxim., J. f. O. vi, 1858, 41(5.— Scl., P. Z. S. 1856, 308; 1858,305; 18.59,3(57, 

 388. — Kicixii., Ibis, iii, 1861, 8 (Greunlaud ; two iustauces). — SuND., Cousp. Av. 

 Pic. 18(56, 33. 



Piciis (Dnnirocopiifi) variufi, Sw. & Ricn., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 309. 



Pilumiuix varius, Bp., Cousp. Vol. Zy<;od. Ateueo. Ital. 1854,8. 



S2)ln/ra2):ciin rariits, Bd , B. N. A. 1858, 103.— Maui., Mon. Pic. i, 157, pi. 37, fifrs. 2, 4.— 

 ('oiTEs, Key, 1872, 195, f. 131.— Sno\v, B. Kaus. 1873, 3.— Buy., Pr. Bost. Soc. x, 

 18(55, 91 (auatomy) ; aud of most lato authors. 



Sphi/ropieiiH rariiis, Scl. & Salv., Ibis, 1859, 13(5 (Guatemala). — Sci.., Cat. 1862, 335 

 (Orizaba).— B. B. &. R., N. A. B. ii, 1874, 539, pi. 51, f. 1, 2. 



CJadoscopus rarim, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv, 18(53, 80. 



PicHS {Spliiirapicit.'i) rarias, Gkay, Haud-list, ii, 1870, 186, No. 8617. 



Ficitfi atroilwmx, Less., Trait6 Oni. i, 1831, 229.— PucH., R M. Z. vii, 1855, 21. 



" Picus galhula, Tem.m., Mus. Lugd." — Malh., Mou. Pic i, 157. 



b. nuchalis. 



Spliyrapicus varius var. nnclialis, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 103 (in text.). — Malh., Hon. Pic. i, 

 161.— Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 180.— Coues, Key, 1872, 195. 



Sp}nj7-opicus rarius var. iiiichaHs, RiDGW., Am. Jouru. Sci. 1873, 40. — B. B. & R., N. A. B. 

 ii, 1874, .542, ])1. 51, f. 3. 4. 



Sphyrapk'ua nuchalis, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 921, pi. 35. — Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, 53 

 (aiiatouiy, »S:c.).— Stev., U. S. Geol. Surv. Ter. 1870, 463. 



Sph>iro2)icH.s 7iiic]taUs, Coop., B. Cal. i, 1870, 390. 



Ctacloscopiis nuchalis. Cab. & Heine, Mus. Heiu. iv, 1863, 82. 



Picus rarius, Heei:m., P. R. R. Rep. x, 1859, pt. vi, 58. 



Sphijrajjicus rarius, Hayd., Rep. 1832, 155.— Hold., Pr. Bost. Soc. 1872, 207. 



Picus varius occidcntalis, Sund., Cousp. Av. Pic. 1866, 34. 



c. r liber. 



Picus ruler, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 429.— Lath., Ind. Orn. i, 1790, 228.— Stepil, Gen. 



Zool. ix, 160.— Wagl., Svst. Av. 1827, P. No. 15.— AuD., <)ru. Biog. v, 1839, 179, 



pi. 416 ; Syu. 1839, 181 ; B. Am. iv, 1844, 261, pi. 2(56.— Heeum., P. R. R. Rep. 



X, 18.59, pr. vi, 57. — Malh., Mou. Pic. i, 132, pi. 31, figs. 1,2.— Sund., Consp. Av. 



Pic. 18:56, 32. 

 Picus {Sphyrapicus) ruber. Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 186, No. 8616. 

 Melauerpes ruber. Rich., List, 1837.— Bp., List, 1838, 39; Consp. i, 1850, 115.— GisAY, 



Gen. of B. ii, 444. — Game., Journ. Phila. Acad. 1844, 56. — Reich., Haud-buch 



Sp. Orn. 382, pi. 642. f. 4287, 4288.— Scl., P. Z. S. 1857, 127. 

 Pilumnus ruber, Bp., Cousp. Vol. Zygod. Ateueo Ital. 1854, 8. 

 Sjihyrajncus ruber, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 104.— Coop. & Sucic, N.H. Wash. Ter. 1860, 160.— 



Coues, Key, 1872, 195. 

 S2)liyropicus ruber, (JooP., B. Cal. i, 1870, 392. 

 CladoscopuN ruber, Cab. «t Heine, Mus. Heiu. iv, 1863, 82. 

 Sp>hyropicus imrius var. ruber, RiDGW., Am. Journ. Sci. iv, 1873, 40. — B. B. & R., N. A. B. 



ii, 1874, 544, pi. 51 fig. 6. 

 Picus flaviveulris, Vieill., Ois. Am. Sept. ii, 1807, 67 ; Nouv. Diet, xxv, 95 ; Enc. iii, 1320. 

 "Picus niger, Vieill., Nouv. Diet, xxvi, 90." 



Hah. — The typical form in Eastern North America, north to 61° at least. South to 

 Guatemala (numerous extralimital quotations). Mexico. Cuba. Bahamas. Green- 

 laud. Var. nuchalis from the Rocky Mountain region and Great Basin. Var. ruber 

 from Cascade Mountains and Sierra Nevada to the Pacific. 



List of specimens {nuchalis). 



19181 

 19182 

 19183 

 19184 

 19185 



33 

 74 



25 



28 



Wind River Mts. 



do 



do 



do 



Popoagie Creek. 



3 



May 28, 1860 

 June 6, 1860 

 May 26, 1860 

 ■May 27, 1860 

 May 25, 1860 



F.V.Hayden. 



do 



do 



do 



G. H. Trook.. 



Lieutenant Warren^s Expedition. — (varius and nuchalis); 4631-33, Big Sioux River;. 

 4635. mouth of Platte River ; 4(536-37, near Council Blutis; 8807, Laramie. 

 Later Expeditions.— iJOSOi-O:}, 61090-92, 61095, Wyoming. 



