1 66 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



409. Melanerpes carolinus (Linn.). 



Red-bellied Woodpecker. 



Picus carolinus Linn. S. N. ed. lo. I. 1758, 113. 

 Melanerpes carolinus Ridgw. Ann. Lye. N. Y.X. Jan. 1874, 378. 

 [B91, C 306, R372, C 450.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Eastern and southern United States, north casually 

 to Massachusetts, New York, Ontario, southern Michigan, and central 

 Iowa, west to eastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, Indian Territory 

 and Texas. 



410. Melanerpes aurifrons (Wagl.). 



Golden-fronted "Woodpecker. 



Picus aurifrons Wagler, Isis, 1829, 512. 



Melanerpes aurifrons Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 355. 



[B92, C 307, R 373,0451-] 

 Geog. Dist. — Central and southern Texas, southward over the 

 tablelands of Mexico to the City of Mexico, and from southern 

 Tamaulipas west to Aguas Calientes and Jalisco. 



411. Melanerpes uropygialis (Baird). 



Gila Woodpecker. 



Centurus uropygialis Baird, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. June, 1854, 



120. 

 Melanerpes uropygialis Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 355. 

 [B93, C308, R374, C452.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Southwestern New Mexico, and southern and 

 western Arizona, from Lat. 35° southward through Lower California 

 to Cape St. Lucas, and through western Mexico to Aguas Calientes 

 and Jalisco. 



Genus COLAPTES Swainson. 



Colaptes Swains. Zool. Journ. III. Dec. 1827, 353. Type, 

 Cuculus auratus Linn. 



412. Colaptes auratus (Linn.). 



Flicker. 



Cuculus auratus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 112. 

 Colaptes auratus Vigors, Zool. Journ. IIL 1827, 444. 



