ORDER PICI. 163 



Genus SPHYRAPICUS Baird. 



Sphyrapicus Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 80, loi. Type, Picus varius 

 Linn. 



402. Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.). 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



Ficus varius Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 176. 

 Sphyrapicus varius Baird, B.N. Am. 1858, 103. 



[B 85, C 302, R 369, C 446.] 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern North America north to about Lat. 63° 30' 

 (north of Fort Simpson), breeding from Massachusetts northward ; 

 south, in winter, to the West Indies, Mexico and Costa Rica. 



402 a. Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis Baird. 



Red-naped Sapsucker. 



Sphyrapicus varius var. nuchalis Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 103. 



[B 86, C 302a, R 369^^, C 447.] 



Geog. Dist. — Rocky Mountain region, from British Columbia to 

 the Sierra Bolanos, JaUsco, Mexico, and the Cape region of Lower 

 CaUfornia ; and westward across the Great Basin to the eastern 

 slope of the Sierra Nevada in northern California. 



403. Sphyrapicus ruber (Gmel.). 



Red-breasted Sapsucker. 



Ficus ruber Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 429. 

 Sphyrapicus ruber Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 104. 



[B 87, C 302^, 303? R 369^, C 448.] 



Geog. Dist. — Pacific coast region, from British Columbia south 

 in the mountains and foothills of California to northern Lower Cali- 

 fornia. 



404. Sphyrapicus thyroideus (Cass.). 



Williamson's Sapsucker. 



Ficus thyroideus Cassin, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1850-185 1, 349. 

 Sphyrapicus thyroideus Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 106. 



