214 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



401. Ficoides americanus BREHM. 



American Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Picoides americanus BREHM, Handb. Vog. Deutschl. 1831, 195. 

 [B 83, C 301, R 368, C 444-] 



HAB. Northern North America, from the arctic regions southward, 

 in winter, to the Northern United States. 



401 a. Picoides americanus alascensis (NELS.). 

 Alaskan Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Picoides tridactylus alascensis NELSON, Auk, I. April, 1884, 165. 

 Picoides americanus alascensis RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 

 1885, 355- 



HAB. Alaska. 

 401 . Picoides americaims dorsalis BAIRD. 



Alpine Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Picoides dorsalis BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 100. 



Picoides americanus dorsalis BAIRD, Orn. Calif. I. 1870, 386. 



[B 84, C 301 a, R 368 a, C 445-] 



HAB. Rocky Mountain region of the United States, south into New 

 Mexico. 



GENUS SPHYRAPICUS BAIRD. 

 Sphyrapicus BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 101. Type, Picus farms LINN. 



402. Sphyrapicus varius (LINN.). 

 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



Picus varius LINN. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 176. 

 Sphyrapicus warms BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 103. 



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



HAB. North America north and east of the Great Plains, south to 

 the West Indies, Mexico, and Guatemala. 



