SPnV'RAPICUS RUBER— s. NPcnALrs. 549 



Spuyrapicus ruber. 



Ked-brcsistcd Woodi»«'cIi<'r. 



Picus ruber, Gjiklin, Sy.st. Nat., I, 17SS, 42!t. 



Sphyrapiciifi ruber, Bairu, P.iids N. Am., 1858, 104; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 



ST.— CooPKK, Orn. Cal., I, 1S70, .'5!)J.— OouES, Key, 1872, 195; Check List, 



lS7r,, No. .".O.3. 

 Sphynipit'us rariHs var. ruber, RiDCfW., Am. Jouru. Sci. & Arts, V, Jau., 1873, 40. 



— B. B. & i;., lli.st. N. Am. Birds, II, 1874, 544, pi. Li, fig. G. 

 Sphi/rapicus varius. c. (■)(/;('(■, CoUE«, Birds N.W., 1874, 28G. 



The Red-bix'ast(.-(l Woodpecker was observed only on the Sierra 

 Nevada, eliietiy on the ^\estern side of that range; we are not even certain 

 of its occurrence on the eastern slope, bitt it is our impression that we saw 

 it once among the pines near Carson City, but the occasion was not such 

 as to afford a satisfactory opportunity to identify the individual in question.' 



Sphyrapicus nuchalis. 



Ked-emped Woodpecker. 



(Qtl'iiDi-d/i'-iif,-: of the Slioshones.) 



Sphyrapicm varius var. nuchalis, Baird, Birds N. Am., 1858, 103 (in text). — B. B. 



& R., Hist. N. Am. Birds, II, 1874, 542, pi. lt, figs. 3, 4.— Cooper, Orn. Cal., 



I, 390.— COUES, Key, 1872, 195; Cbeck List, 1873, No. 302a.— Henshaw, 



1875, 392. 

 Sphyrapicus nuchalis, Baird, Birds N. Am., 1858, 921 ; ed. 1800, [A. xxxv ; Cat. 



N. Am. B., 1859, No. 8G. 

 Sphyrapicus varius. b. nuchalis, CouES, Birds N.W., 1874, 286. 



Throughout the country lietween the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky 

 Mountains, the Red-naped Woodpecker is a common species in suitable 

 localities. Its fa,vorite summer-haunts are the groves of large aspens near 

 the head of the upper canons, high up in the mountains, and for this reason 

 we found it more abundant in the Wahsatch and Uintah region than 

 elsewhere; indeed, but a single individual was observed on the Sierra 

 Nevada, and this one was obtained on the eastern slope of the range, near 



'It hasreceutly beeu obtained by Mr. Henshaw ou the eastern slope, near Lake 

 Tahoe. 



