ORDER PIC1. 191 



RANGE. 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 ruber (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 notke'nsis (Sucxow). Northern Red-breasted Sap- 



sucker. [403o.] 



Picus ruber notkensis SUCKOWJ Anfangsgr. Nat. Thiere, II, i, 1800, 535. 

 (Nootka Sound, B. C.) 



RANGE. 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, Proc. 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 PHLCEOTOMUS CABANIS & HEINE. 



Phloeotomus CABANIS & HEINE, Mus. Hein., IV, ii, 1863, 102. Type, by 

 orig. desig., Picus pileatus LINN.EUS. 



Phlceotomus pileatus (LiNN^us). 



RANGE. Wooded regions of North America, mainly east of the 

 Rocky Mountains. 



