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407. Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi Ridgw. 



Californian Woodpecker. 



Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi Ridgw. Bull. No. 21 U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1881, 34, 85. 



[B95, C 310, R, 377, C 454.] 



Geog. Dist. — Pacific coast region of the United States, from 

 southern Oregon south to northern Lower California and Mexico, 

 east through Arizona to southern New Mexico and western Texas. 



407 a. Melanerpes formicivorus angustifrons Baird. 



Narrow-fronted Woodpecker. 



Melanerpes formicivorus v-dx, angustifrons 'Bai^h^ Orn. Cal. I. 1870, 

 405- 



[B— , C 310^, R377^, C455.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Southern Lower California. 



Subgenus ASYNDESMUS Coues. 



Asyndesmus Coues, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1866, 55. Type, 

 Picus torquatus WiLS. 



408. Melanerpes torquatus (Wils.). 



Lewis's Woodpecker. 



Picus torquatus Wilson, Am. Orn. III. 18 11, 31, pi. xx. fig. 3. 

 Melanerpes torquatus Bonap. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 40. 



[B96, C311, R376, C456.] 



Geog. Dist. — Western United States, from the Black Hills and the 

 Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, and from southern British Columbia 

 and southern Alberta south to Arizona, and (in winter) western 

 Texas. Casual in Kansas. 



Subgenus CBNTURUS Swainson. 



Centurus Swains. Classif. B. II. 1837, 310. Type, Picus caro- 

 linus Linn. 



