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sp. 16; Isie, 1829, 509.-Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1846, 435.-MAXiMrLiAN 

 Journ. fiir Orn., 1858, 417. 

 Picus (Dendrocopus) varius Swainson*, Fauna Bor.-Am., ii, 1831, pp. xxvi, 309 

 Pilumnus varius Bonaparte, Anteneo Italiano, ii, 1854, 123 (Consp 'voluc 

 Zygod., 1854, 8.) i • • 



Sphyrapicus varim Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858 p xxviii 103 - 

 Malherbe, Mon. Pic, i, 1862, 157; iv, 1862, pi. 37, figs. 2, 3, 4.-BLAiiSTON, 

 Ibis, 1862, 3 (Grand Rapids of and Forks of Saskatchewan).— Dresser, Ibis 

 1865, 468 (San Antonio, Texas, resident, breeding).— Coues, Check List' 

 1873, no. 302; 2d ed., 1882, no. 446.— Trippe, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xv' 

 1872, 233 (Decatur and Mahaska counties, e. Iowa, breeding) — Gundlach' 

 Journ. fur Orn., 1874, 150 (Cuba); Orn. Cubana, 1876, 273; ed 1895 139 - 

 Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 285; Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog! Surv. 

 Terr., iv, 1878, 616 (Pembina and Souris R., North Dakota, breedin^^) — 

 Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, i, 1876, 63 (biography); iii, 1878, 180 

 (descr. young); Auk, iii, 1886, 104 (mts. of w. North Carolina, breed- 

 ing). -Lawrence, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., ii, 1874, 294 (Plains of 

 Cohma); Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 1876, 35 (Santa Efigenia, Oaxaca; 

 Gmeta Mts., Chiapas).— Ma ynard. Birds Florida, 1878, 223 pi 18 — Mer- 

 RiAM, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 1 (Lewis Co., New' York; habits)- 

 Auk, 1, 1884, 295 (Point de Monts, Quebec). -Ridg way, Proc U S Nat 

 Mus., Hi, 1880, 189; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 369; Orn. Illinois, i 1889* 

 380.— Cory, Birds Bahama Is., 1880, 121 (New Providence I )• Auk iii' 

 1886, 375; iv, 1887, 181 (St. Andrews I., Caribbean Sea); viii, 1891, 294 ('New 

 Providence I.), 296 (Biminis Islds.), 297 (Caicos Islds.; Inagua); Birds West 

 Ind., 1889, 170; Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 104.— Reid, Bull. U. S. Nat Mus 

 no. 25, 1884, 212 (Bermudas, April, Nov., Dec.).-BicKNELL, Auk, ii, 1885, 258 

 (notes).— American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886 (and '>d'ed 

 1895), no. 402.-ALLEN (J. A.), Bull. Am. Mus.N. H., i, 1886, 247 (Massachu- 

 setts, a few breeding). -Ralph and Bagg, Trans. Oneida Hist. Soc ,iii 1886 

 123 (Oneida Co., New York, breeding). -Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U s' Nat' 

 Mus., IX, 1886, 159 (Huexotitla, Puebla).-BENDiRE, Auk, v, 1888 225 (descr' 

 . nest and eggs); Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 82.-Keyes and Williams' 

 Proc. Davenp. Ac. Sci., v, 1888, (20) (Des Moines, Iowa City, etc., breed- 

 ing) .-Bergtold, List Birds Buffalo, New York, 1889, 12 (breeding) - 

 Scott, Auk, vii, 1890, 310 (Dry Tortugas, Florida); ix, 1892, 374 (Jamaica, 

 Jan ).-Clark (W. E.), Auk, vii, 1890, 322 (Ft. Churchill). -Northrop 

 Auk, via, 1891, 75 (Andros I., Bahamas, Feb.).-STONE, Proc. Ac. Nat Sci' 

 Ihila 1891, 435 (Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, breeding).-McBRiDE, Proc 

 Ind Ac. Sci., 1891 (1892), 167 (Waterloo, De Kalb Co., n. e. Indiana, breed- 

 n?T ^^^''''^''' ^''"- ^"^^ ^^"'- ^- S-' ^^' 1892, 301 (near Trinidad, b. 

 . nn?r^^''^°'' ^'°'^- ^''- ^^*- ^'^- P^"'^-' 1895, 483 (Roan Mt., Tennessee, 

 4,000 ft.; breeding?). -Baily, Auk, xiii, 1896, 293 (Elk Co., Pennsylvania, 

 breeding).-JoNES, Wilson Bull., no. 16, 1897, 61 (Oberlin, Ohio, breeding _ 

 Butler, Birds Indiana, 1897, 834 (Carroll, Laporte, Starke, De E:alb,\nd 

 Porter counties, n. Indiana, breeding) .-Cooke, Bull. Col. Agric. Coll no 

 37 1897, 83 (El Paso Co., Colorado; 1 epec.).-BoNHOTE, Ibis, 1899,' 516 

 (New Providence, Bahamas); 1903, 295 (New Providence, Feb March) - 

 Faxon and Hoffman, Birds Berkshire Co., Mass., 1900, 36 (very r'are summer 

 resid.).-PREBLE. North Am. Fauna, no. 22, 1902, 112 (Ft. Churchill; Moose 

 Factory); no. 27, 1908, 384 (north to Great Slave Lake and Ft. Simpson) - 

 EiFRiG, Auk, xxi, 1904, 241 (Allegheny and Garrett counties, w. Maryland 

 higher parts; breeding?). -Morris, Wilson Bull., no. 51, 1905, 56 (habits 

 in winter).-SwALEs and Taverner, Wilson Bull., no. 55, 1906, 65 (Lake 



