ORDER PICI. 163 
Genus SPHYRAPICUS Bairp. 
Sphyrapicus BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 80, ror. 
Type, Picus varius 
LINN. 
402. Sphyrapicus varius (Liny.). 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 
Picus varius Linn. 8. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 176. 
Sphyrapicus varius BAIRD, B.N. Am. 1858, 103. 
[B 85, C 302, R 369, C 446.| 
Geoc. Dist.— Eastern North America north to about Lat. 63° 30! 
(north of Fort Simpson), breeding from Massachusetts northward ; 
south, in winter, to the West Indies, Mexico and Costa Rica. 
402 a. Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis Bairp. 
Red-naped Sapsucker. 
Sphyrapicus varius var. nuchalis Bairp, B. N. Am. 1858, 103. 
[B 86, C 302a, R 369a, C 447.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Rocky Mountain region, from British Columbia to 
the Sierra Bolanos, Jalisco, Mexico, and the Cape region of Lower 
California; and westward across the Great Basin to the eastern 
slope of the Sierra Nevada in northern California. 
403. Sphyrapicus ruber (GMEL.). 
Red-breasted Sapsucker. 
Picus ruber GMEL. S. N. I. 1788, 429. 
Sphyrapicus ruber Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 104. 
[B 87, C 3024, 303? R 3694, C 448.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Pacific coast region, from British Columbia south 
in the mountains and foothills of California to northern Lower Cali- 
fornia. 
404, Sphyrapicus thyroideus (Cass.). 
Williamson’s Sapsucker. 
Picus thyroideus Cassin, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1850-1851, 349. 
Sphyrapicus thyroideus BaiRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 106. 
