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223 (399) Xenopicus albolarvatus (Cassin) Malherbe. 

 White-headed Woodpecker. 



Syn. — Piais albolarvatus; Leuconerpes albolarvatus; Melanerpes albolarvatus. 



Status — Common resident of the Transition and lower Boreal Zones along the whole 



length of the Sierras from the Cuyamaca Mountains in San Diego County to Mount 



Shasta. 



224 (400, part) Picoides tenuirostris (Bangs) Sharpe. 



Sierra Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Syn. — Picoides arciicus\ Picoides arcticus tenuirostris. 



Status — Fairly common resident of the Boreal Zone along the northern Sierras; recorded 

 south to Pyramid Peak and Lake Tahoe. 



225 (402 a) Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis Baird. • 



Red-naped Sapsucker. 



Syn. — Picus varius; Sphyropicus nuchalis. 



Status — Fairly common winter visitant to the southern part of the State, reaching the 

 coast district as far north as Palo Alto and San Geronimo; recorded as passing the sum- 

 mer and breeding in the northeastern corner of the State (Modoc and Lassen Counties). 



226 (403, part) Sphyrapicus varius ruber (Gmelin) Ridgway. 



Red-breasted Sapsucker. 



Syn, — Picus ruber, part; JMelanerpes ruber\ Sphyrapicus ruber, part. 



Status — Fairly common winter visitant south through the humid coast belt to Monterey. 



227 (403, part) Sphyrapicus varius daggetti Grinnell. 



Sierra Sapsucker. 



Syn. — Picus ruber, part; Sphyrapicus varius ruber, part; Sphyrapicus ruber, part. 



Status — Common in summer in the Boreal Zone along almost the whole length of the 

 Sierras, at least from Mount Shasta to the San Bernardino Mountains; in winter irregul- 

 arly distributed westward through the intervening valleys to the coast. 



228 (404) Sphyrapicus thyroideus (Cassin) Baird. 



Williamson Sapsucker. 



Syn. — Picus thyroideus; Sphyrapicus zvilliamsoni; Melanerpes rubrigularis. 

 Status — Common resident of the Boreal Zone along the vSierras from Mount Shasta to 

 the San Jacinto Mountains; in winter straggling westward (Santa Cruz, Los Angeles). 



229 (405 a) Ceophloeus pileatus abieticola Bangs. 



Northern Pileated Woodpecker. 



Syn. — Ceophloeus pileatus •', Hylotomus pileatus; Dryocopus pileatus; Dryotomus pileatus. 



Status — Fairly common resident of timbered areas in the northern part of the State; 



recorded in the Sierras south to Kings River Canyon, and in the coast belt to Eel River. 



