362 LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



A. o. u. Genus SPHYRAPICU5. Baird. 



NO. 



330 (402) SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS. (Lixx.) Yellow=beined Sapsucker. Yellow= 



bellied Woodpecker. 



Eastern North America ; south in winter to West Indies and Mexico ; 

 breeds in Massachusetts northward. 



Gems CEOPHLCEUS. Cab an. 



331 (405) CEOPHLCEUS PILEATUS. (Lixx.) Pileated Woodpecker. 



Southern United States ; from North Carolina southward ; replaced 

 fartlier north by the northern race. 

 331a (405a) Geophlmm inleatus alhietA.cola. Bangs. Northern Pileated Woodpecker. 

 A northern race ; differing mainly in size. 



Genus MELANERPES. Swains. 

 Subgenus MELANERPES. 



332 (406) MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS. (Linn.) Red=lieaded Wood= 



pecker. 



Eastern United States ; from Rocky Mountains to Florida, and north 

 to about latitude 50° ; casual east of Hudson River ; not uncom- 

 mon in fall in Massachusetts. 



Subgenus CENTURUS. Swains. 



333 (409) MELANERPES CAROLINUS. (Linn.) Red=bellied Woodpecker. 



Eastern and southern United States ; from New York and Michigan to 

 the Gulf States ; not numerous in northern part of its range. 



Genus COLAPTES. Swains. 



334 (412) COLAPTES AURATUS. (Linn.) Flicker. Golden=winged Woodpecker. 



Eastern North America ; from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic ; 

 winters from latitude of Illinois southward ; one of our most 

 familiar birds, and known by many names, among which are High 

 Hole, Yellowhammer, Harrywicket, etc. 



