34 CHECK LIST OF THE 



Order PICI. Woodpeckers, etc. 



Family PICID^. Woodpeckers. 



Genus Dryobates. 



163 Hairy Woodpecker 



(Dryobates villosus.) 

 A common resident, breeding throughout the Province. 



164. Downy Woodpecker. 



(Dryobates pubescens medianus.) 

 A common resident, breeding throughout the Province. 



Genus PICOIDES. 



165. Arctic three-toed Woodpecker. 



(Picoides arcticus.) 



Common resident in the northern part of the Province, rare winter 

 visitor in the southern part. Breeds in the northern portion of its 

 range. 



166. American three- toed Woodpecker. 



(Picoides americanus,) 



Resident in the northern part of Ontario but much less abundant 

 than the last. I have no record of its occurrence in southern Ontario. 



Genus SPHYRAPICUSI. 



167. Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. (Sapsueker) 



(Sphyrapicus varius.) 



A common summer resident, breeding throughout its range in the 

 Province. 



''^i'ijicv Arrives about the middle of April, departs about the middle of 

 September. 



E'btc^ It is this species only that bores holes in the bark of trees for the 

 purpose of obtaining the sap. 



Genus CEOPHLCEUS. 



168. Pileated Woodpecker. (Cock of the woods.) 



(Ceophloeus pileatus abieticola.) 



Resident, but restricted to that part of the country still covered 

 with heavy timber. Breeds throughout its range in the Province. 



