2l6 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



GENUS MELANERPES SWAINSON. 

 SUBGENUS MELANERPES. 



Melanerpes SWAINS. Fauna Bor. Am. II. 1831, 316. Type, Picus 

 erythrocephalus LINN. 



406. Melanerpes erythrocephalus (LINN.). 



Red-headed Woodpecker. 



Picus erythrocephalus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 113. 

 Melanerpes erythrocephalus SWAINS. Fauna Bor. Am. II. 1831, 316. 



[B 94, C 309, R 375, C 453-] 



HAB. United States, west to the Rocky Mountains, straggling west- 

 ward to Salt Lake Valley ; rare or local east of the Hudson River. 



407. Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi RIDGW. 



Californian Woodpecker. 



Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi RIDGW. Bull. No. 21 U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 1881, 34, 85. 



[B 9 s, C 3 io, R 3 77, C 454 .] 



HAB. Pacific coast region of the United States, east into Arizona, 

 south into Mexico. 



407 a. Melanerpes formicivorus angustifrons BAIRD. 



Narrow-fronted Woodpecker. 



Melanerpes formicivorus var. angustifrons BAIRD, Orn. Cal. I. 1870, 

 405. 



[B , C 310 a, R 3770.C455-] 

 HAB. 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. 1811, 31, pi. xx. fig. 3. 

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



[B 9 6, C 3 n, R 37 6, C 4 S6.] 



