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152. (400.) PicompEs arcTicus (Swains.). 142. 
| Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. 
Synonyms: Picus (Apternus) arcticus. 
Black-backed Woodpecker, Black-backed Three-toed Wood- 
pecker, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Banded-backed Three- 
toed Woodpesker. 
Wheaton, Ohio Agri. Report, 1860, 379, hypothetical. 
Baird, Brewer, Ridgway, lI, 1874, 531. 
The specimen reported by Dr. Brewer in the second ci- 
tation above, was taken at Akron, Summit county. Ober- 
lin College has since come into possession of a specimen 
collected and mounted by Mr. John C. Catlin at Ravenna, 
Portage county. It is not unlikely that Mr. Catlin secured 
his specimen first, but this is the first mention of it in print. 
Prof. J. S. Hine, of Columbus, gives it as occasional in 
Franklin county. 
It would occur only in severe winters. 
153. (402.) Spuyrapicus varius (Linn.). 143. 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 
Synonyms: Picus varius. 
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker, Sapsucker, Common Sapsucker. 
Wilson, Am. Orn., I, 1808, 147. 
This is the true “Sapsucker,” and should not be confused 
with our familiar winter woodpeckers. It feeds upon the 
sap of the maple and pine trees in spring, and often causes 
some damage to the trees, sometimes girdling the tree with 
one or more rows of holes. It is undoubtedly true that the 
insects which swarm about the exuding sap are also eaten, 
so the object which the woodpecker has in view in tapping 
the tree may be twofold. During the rest of the year the 
birds eat insects, some mast, the inner bark of trees, and 
such vegetable food as can be found. 
It is common as a migrant across the state, both spring 
and autumn, but nests in small numbers in the northern 
part of the state. It winters in small numbers in the south- 
west corner, reaching the lake shore in the northward mi- 
gration during the middle of March. It crosses the state 
