ORDER PICI. 191 
RaNnceE.— Western North America. Breeds in Boreal and Transition zones 
from central British Columbia and southern Alberta south to northeastern 
California, central New Mexico, and western Texas; winters south to west 
central Mexico; casual in Kansas and southern Lower California. 
Sphyrapicus riber (GMELIN). 
RanGE.— Western North America, mainly west of the coast ranges. 
a. Sphyrapicus ruber ruber (GMELIN). Red-breasted Sapsucker. [403.] 
Picus ruber GMELIN, Syst. Nat., I, i, 1788, 429. (‘‘Cayenne’’ = Pacific 
coast of United States.) 
RanGE.— Pacific coast region. Breeds in Transition Zone from northern 
California to mountains of southern California, east to the western slope of the 
Sierra Nevada; in winter south to southern Lower California. 
b. Sphyrapicus ruber notkénsis (Suckow). Northern Red-breasted Sap- 
sucker. [403a.] 
Picus ruber notkensis Suckow, Anfangsgr. Nat. Thiere, II, i, 1800, 535. 
(Nootka Sound, B. C.) 
RanGcE.— Humid Canadian and Transition forests of the Northwest coast 
from Skagway, Alaska, to Siskiyou Mountains, northern California, east to 
eastern slope of Cascades; in winter south to Monterey, California. 
Sphyrapicus thyroideus (Cassin). Williamson’s Sapsucker. [404.] 
Picus thyroideus Cassin, Proce. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., V, 1852, 349. 
(California.) 
RanGE.— Boreal mountain forests of western North America. 
Breeds from southern British Columbia and Montana south to southern 
California, central Arizona, and central New Mexico; winters in 
southern California, New Mexico, western Texas, and south to Jalisco, 
Mexico. 
GENUS PHLG@OTOMUS Capanis & HEINE. 
Phleotomus CABANIS & Heine, Mus. Hein., IV, ii, 1863, 102. Type, by 
orig. desig., Picus pileatus LINNxxUs. 
Phledtomus piledtus (LINN xus). 
Rance.— Wooded regions of North America, mainly east of the 
Rocky Mountains. 
