:?H() niRDs OF n.LiNois. 



Tliis northi'rn liini is u rare wintir visitor to tlie extreme nortbem 

 portion of tlie Rtate. According to Mr. Nelson (page 115 of his 

 catalogue), "a specimen was shot from a tcleRraph pole in Chicago 

 a few j'ears apo by Dr. Velic." Mr. Nelson also states that it is a 

 common species in northern Wisconsin, "and before the pines along 

 the lake were destroyed, was probably a regular winter visitant." 



Genus SPHYRAPICUS B.unD. 



Sphurai>iru.i DAinD, UirJs N. Am. I«i8. liil. Typr. finis variim I.tNN. 



"Oen. Chab. Bill ii» In /'iciid, lull llio lateral rlilc. wlilcli Is very promlnout. riiii- 

 nliiK out ilistiiu'tly tn the rmnniissiin' at about the mliUlle. lieyoiul whieli the lilll l« 

 rounded without any auKlesatall. The eulmen and gonys are very nearly KtrulKht. but 

 slightly eonvex. the bill taperlntf rapidly to a point; the lateral outline eoneave to very 

 near the sIlBhtly beveled tip. Outer pair of toes lonwest; tlie hinder exterior rather 

 longest; the inner posterior toe very short, less than the inner anterior without Its einw. 

 Wings long and pointed; the third, exeludiug the spurious, longest. Tail-feathers very 

 broad, abruptly acuminate, with a very long linear tip. Tongue seareely extensible." 

 IHiKt. iV. Am. B.) 



This is a very strongly marked genus, of which but a single 

 species occurs east of the Rocky Mountains. In the West, however, 

 occur thi'ee others, one of which {S. tlitinndeus) is perhaps the most 

 beautiful of North American Woodpeckers, while it is further re- 

 markable on account of the great difference in color between the 

 sexes — a difference probably wholly exceptional in this family. 



Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.) 



YELLOW-BELLIED 8APSUCKEK. 



Popular aynonTms. Red-throated Sapsueker: Sauenling or Whining Sapsueker. 



Vir 'i.v riii-inx Linn. S. N. ed. 12. i.lTtW.lTti.— WiLS. Am. Orn. I. m«, U7, pi. 9. Ilg. i— Xutt. 



Man. i.lioa. 574.-AUD. Orn. Biog. 11.1834, 619; v,1839, 637,pl. 190; Synop. 1839. 182; B. 



Am. iv. 1842.263. pi. 207. 

 SiihuraiiUusvariunHKUW.'R. N.Am. 1858. li)3; Cat. X. Am. B. 185!), No. 85.— COUES. 



Key. 1872,195; CheekLlst, 1874, No. 3<Vi; 2dod. 1882. No. 41fi: B. N. W. 1874, S5. (a rnriii.i.) 



— B. B. & B. Hist. N. Am. B. 11.1874.539. pi. 51. figs. 1.2.— RiDOW. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, 



No. 369. 



Hab. Eastern North America, north to at least 61°. In the interior, breeding from 

 northern United States northward. (Replueed In the Rooky Mountain distriet by S. 

 nuclialis, and along Paoiile coast by S. ruber.) 



