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132. Ceryle americana septentrionalis Sharpe. 



Texas Kingfisher. 



Synonym — Ceryle americana. 



Status — Coues (1866c, p. 263) observed this species at points on the Col- 

 orado River between Forts Mohave and Yuma, in September, 1865. Since that 

 time it was not again met with until February 13, 1910, when F. C. Willard se- 

 cured a single specimen, an adidt male, on the San Pedro River, near Fairbanks 

 (Willard, 1910c, p. 110). This specimen is now in the University of California 

 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (no. 13990). 



133. Dryobates villosus leacothorectis Oberholser. 



White-breasted Woodpecker. 



Synonyms — Picus harrisii; Picas villosus harrisi; Dryobates villosus har- 

 risi ; Dcndrocopus harrisi; Dryobates villosus hyloscopus; Dryobates villosus 

 icastus. 



Status — A common resident of the higher mountains throughout the state. 

 Breeds in the Canadian and Transition zones, but is of occasional occurrence in 

 winter in some of the lower valleys: Verde Valley in winter (Mearns, 1890a, 

 p. 251 ) ; Tucson, winter ( Bendire, 1895, p. 53). 



134. Dryobates pubescens homorus Cabanis and Heine. 



BatcheldEr Woodpecker. 



Synonyms — Picas pubescens; Picas gairdneri; Picas pubescens gatrdueri; 

 Dryobates pubescens gairdneri; Dryobates pubescens orcoccus. 



Status — There are but few records of the occurrence of this species in Ari- 

 zona. Henshaw (1875b, p. 388) met with it on the Gila River in October, Scott 

 ( 1886, p. 426) secured a single specimen at Riverside (also on the Gila River) in 

 April, 1882, while Mearns (1890a, p. 252) found it breeding sparingly in the 

 pine and spruce zones of the San Francisco and Mogollon mountains. 



135. Dryobates scalaris cactophilus Oberholser. 



Cactus Woodpecker. 



Synonyms — Picas scalaris; Dryobates scalaris; Dryobates scalaris bairdi. 



Status — A common resident of the Lower Sonoran zone throughout south- 

 ern and western Arizona. It ranges north to Fort Apache, the south base of the 

 Mogollon Mountains, and Fort Whipple; along the Colorado River still farther 

 north: confluence of Beaverdam and Virgin rivers (Fisher, 1893b, p. 47). 



136. Dryobates arizonae (Hargitt). 



Arizona Woodpecker. 



Synonyms — Picus stricklaudi ; Dryobates Strickland i ; Picus arizonae; Dcn- 

 drocopus arizonae. 



Status — A common resident of the live-oak belt of the mountains of the ex- 

 treme southeastern corner of the state. Reported from the Santa Rita, Chirica- 

 hua, Huachuca, Whetstone, and Rincon mountains, and the east slope of the San- 

 ta Catalina Mountains. 



