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Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1888, 664 (San Antonio, Texas, Jan., Feb.).— 

 BicKNELL, Auk, ii, 1885, 259 (notes). — American Ornithologists' Union, 

 Check List, 1886 (and 2d ed., 1895), no. 406; 3d ed., 1910, 192.— Seton, Auk, 

 iii, 1886, 156 (Big Plain and Red R. Valley, w. Manitoba, summer resident). — 

 Lloyd, Auk, iv, 1887, 191 (Kickapoo Co., w. Texas). — Scott, Auk, vi, 1889, 

 251 (7 miles n. of Tarpon Springs, Florida). — Hasbrouck, Auk, vi, 1889, 238 

 (Eastland Co., etc., Texas, abundant). — Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xviii, 1890, 145 (Ft. Dufferin, Manitoba; Pembina, North Dakota; Miami, 

 Florida; Papalote, Bee Co., Texas; "Mexico;" etc.). — Thompson, Proc. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, 551 (Winnipeg, etc., Manitoba, rare in summer). — 

 Ralph and Bagg, Auk, vii, 1890, 231 (Remsen, Oneida Co., New York, 

 Dec.).— Grundtvig, Trans. Mich. Ac. Sci., etc., 1894, 114 (Shiocton, Wis- 

 consin, breeding). — Singley, Rep. Geol. Surv. Texas, 1894, 350 (Lee Co., 

 Texas, resident). — Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 107. — Thorne, 

 Auk, xii, 1895, 215 (Ft. Keogh, Montana, breeding). — Piers, Trans. Nova 

 Scotia Inst. Sci., 2d ser., i, 1895, 405 (Ketch Harbor, Nova Scotia, 1 spec). — 

 Brackett, Auk, xiii, 1896, 258 (Boston, Massachusetts, March, May). — 

 HoLSTEiN, Auk, xvi, 1899, 353 (drumming habit). — Faxon and Hoffmann, 

 Birds Berkshire Co., Mass., 1900, 36 (rare summer resident). — Beyer, Proc. 

 Louisiana Soc. Nat. for 1897-99 (1900), 103 (Louisiana, resident). — Carroll, 

 Auk, xvii, 1900, 344 (Refugio Co., Texas, 1 spec, Nov.). — Fleming, Auk, 

 xviii, 1901, 39 (Parry Sound and Muskoka, n. Ontario, rare). — Cary, Auk, 

 xviii, 1901, 234 (Black Hills, Wyoming).— Torre y, Auk, xviii, 190>, 394 

 (near Boston, Massachusetts, breeding). — Howe, Contr. Am. Om., ii, 1902, 

 15 (Vermont; rare straggler, but said to breed at Rutland). — Currier, Auk, 

 xxi, 1904, 36 (Leech Lake, Minnesota, rare). — Swales, Auk, xxii, 1905, 80 

 (Detroit, Michigan, wintering in large numbers). — Jones, Wilson Bull., no. 

 57, 1906, 116 (Cleveland, Ohio, com. sum. res.). — Hall, Wilson Bull., no. 

 57, 1906, 125 (w. Adirondacks, rare).— Sherman, Wilson Bull., no. 59, 1907, 

 72 (provident habits). — Taverner and Swales, Wilson Bull., no. 61, 1907, 

 133 (Point Pelee, Ontario, com. in May). — Woodrufe. Bull, vi, Chicago 

 Ac. Sci., 1907, 111 (Chicago area, common summer resident). — Warren 

 (E. R.), Condor, x, 1908, 21 (Grand Co., n. w. Colorado, 1 spec, June); xii, 

 1910, 32 (Glendale, Pueblo, and Fountain Creek, Colorado). — Bent, Auk, 

 XXV, 1908, 26 (s. w. Saskatchewan, rare). — Hersey and Rockwell, Condor, 

 xi, 1909, 118 (Bear Lake district, Colorado, common summer resident). — 

 Henderson, Univ. Colo. Stud. ZooL, vi, 1909, 231 (plains and lower mts., 

 Colorado, common summer resident). — Chaney, Auk, xxvii, 1910, 274 

 (Mason Co., Michigan; a few pairs). — Beal, Bull. 37, U. S. Biol. Surv., 1911, 

 35, pi. 3 (food).— Townsend (C. W.), Auk, xxix, 1912, 20 (Beaverdam, 

 York Co., New Brunswick, June 1, 1911). 



[Melanerpes]erythrocephalus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 115; Ateneo Italiano, 

 ii, 1854, 125.— Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 201, no. 8814.— Coues, Key N. Am. 

 Birds, 1872, 196.— Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 209. 



M[elanerpes] erythrocephalus Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1846, 444. — Reichenbach, 

 Handb. Scansores, Picinse, 1854, 381, pi. 642, figs. 4284-4286.— Ridgway, 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y., x, 1874, 378 (Illinois).— Nelson, Bull. Essex Inst., viii, 

 1876, 116, 153 (n. e. Illinois, resident).- Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed. 

 1884, 489.— Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 290. 



Melampicos erythrocephalus Malherbe, M6m. Ac. Metz, xxx, 1849, 365. 



Melampicus erythrocephalus Malherbe, Mon. Picid., ii, 1862, 209; iv, 1862, pi. 

 97, figs. 1, 2, 3. 



Melanerpes arythrocephalus Woodhouse, in Rep. Sitgreavea' Expl. Zufii and Col. 

 R., 1853, 91 (Indian Territory; Texas). 



