BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 281 



Sphyrapicus varitis, . . . var. nuchalis Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 302a. 



Sphyrapicus varius, var. nuchalis Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., v, Nov., 1873, 

 185 (Colorado).— Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., iii, 1872, 158 (South Park, 

 Colorado), 180 (mts. of Colorado, 7,000-12,000 ft.); Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., 

 xvii, 1874, 63 (Musselshell R., Montana). — Henshaw, Zool. Exp. W. 100th 

 Merid., 1875, 392 (Gila R. and Mt. Graham, Arizona; Toquerville and 

 Virgin City, Utah; Ft. Garland and Navajo Creek, Colorado). — Scott, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 95 (Twin Lakes, Colorado, breeding). 



S[phyrapicus] varius nuchalis Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., vi, Oct., 1874, 174 

 (Rocky Mts.); Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 288. 



Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., vii, Jan., 1875, 22, 24, 

 34 (localities ia Nevada and Utah); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 189; 

 Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 369a.— Drew, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi, 

 1881, 141 (San Juan Co., Colorado, breeding). — Merrill, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, vi, 1881, 206 (Ft. Shaw and Bighorn Mts., Montana; descr. nest and 

 eggs). — CouES, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 447. — Belding, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., vi, 1883, 349 (Laguna, Lo\^er California). — Goss, Auk, i, 1884, 

 100 (s. fork Smoky Hill R., near Wallace, w. Kansas, breeding); Auk, iii. 



1886, 114 (near Wallace, w. Kansas). — Drew, Auk, ii, 1885, 17 (Colorado, 

 breeding at 4,000-7,000 ft.).— Scott, Auk, iii, 1886, 427 (Santa Catalina Mts., 

 Arizona). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886 (and 2d ed., 

 1895), no. 402a; 3d ed., 1910, 190.— Townsend (C. H.), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 



1887, 205 (Baird, Shasta Co., n. California, 1 spec, Nov. 13). — Cooke, Bird 

 Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 130 (Ft. Davis, w. Texas; etc.); Bull. Col. Agric. 

 Coll., no. 37, 1897, 83 (Colorado, breeding up to 12,000 ft., but mostly at 

 8,000-9,000 ft.).— Bendire, Auk, v, 1888, 226 (geog. range, habits, etc.); Life 

 Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 88.— Merriam, North Am. Fauna, no. 3, 1890, 

 92 (San Francisco Mt., Arizona, Sept.). — Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iii, 

 1890, 139 (int. Brit. Columbia).— Fannin, Check List Birds Brit. Col., 1891, 

 28 (e. side Cascade range). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., v, 1893, 35 (n. e. 

 Sonora and n. w. Chihuahua; crit.). — Mailliard, Auk, xv, 1898, 196 (San 

 Geronimo, Marin Co., California, 3 specs.). — Mitchell, Auk, xv, 1898, 308 

 (San Miguel Co., New Mexico, breeding at 9,000-12,000 ft.).— Grinnell 

 (J.), Pub. 2, Pasadena Ac. Sci., 1898, 25 (Los Angeles Co., California, winter 

 visitant in foothills); Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 3, 1902, 38 (California 

 range).- Van Denburg, Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., xxxviii, 1899, 162 (Palo 

 Alto, Santa Clara Co., California, 1 spec, Feb.; crit.). — Swarth, Pacific 

 Coast Avifauna, no. 4, 1904, 12 (Huachuca Mts., Arizona, Feb.-April). — 

 MttLER (W. De W.), Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xxii, 1906, 166 (Cienega de las 

 Vacas, n. w. Durango, March 31). — Edson, Auk, xxv, 1908, 434 (mts. near 

 Bellingham Bay, Washington, 1 spec). — Isely, Auk, xxix, 1912, 35 (Sedge- 

 wick Co., Kansas, Dec, Feb.). 



S[phyrapicus] v[arius] nuchalis Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 486. 

 [Sphyrapicus varius] h. nuchalis Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 286 (synonymy; 



Wind R. Mts.; Popoogie Creek; Laramie). 

 [Sphyropicus varius.'] Subsp. a. Sphyrapicus nuchalis Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. 



Mus., xviii, 1890, 192 (Temosachic, Guerrero, Casa Colorado and Refugio, 



Chihuahua; Brit. Columbia; etc.). 

 C[ladoscopus] nuchalis Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., iv, heft 2, 1863, 82. 

 P[icus] varius occulentalis Sundevall, Consp. Av. Picin., 1866, 34 (new name 



for Sphyrapicus nuchalis Baird). 



