I1O THE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Picus (Dendrocopus) medianus SWAISON, in Sw. & Rich., Fauna Bor. 



Amer., II, 1831, 308. 



Picus medianus NUTTALL, Man II, 1834, 601. 

 Dryobates pubescens CABANIS, Mus. Hein., IV, ii, June lo, 1863, 62 



(in part). 



Dryobates pubescens mediamis BBEWSTEB, Auk, Jan., 1897, 82. 

 Popular synonym : LITTLE SAPSUCKEB. 



A rare resident, although common during its migrations. 

 Mr. Robert Kennicott reported it to be "common' within our 

 limits as well as throughout the state, and states that it nests in 

 Cook County. Mr. E. W. Nelson says : "Resident. Much more 

 numerous at all seasons than the hairy woodpecker." 



The range of the Downy Woodpecker includes eastern and 

 northern North America, west to British Columbia and to the 

 Great Plains and south to the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Ridgway 

 states that its range also includes nearly the whole of Alaska. 



Genus PIOOIDES Lacepede, 1801. 

 Picoides arcticus (Swainson). Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Picus (Apternus) arcticus SWAINSON, in Sw. & Rich., Fauna Bor. 



Amer., II, 1831, 313. 



Picoides arcticus GRAY, Gen. B., I, 1845, 434. 

 Popular synonym: BLACK-BACKED THBEE-TOED WOODPECKEB. 



This Woodpecker is included in our list on the strength of 

 the following records. Mr. E. W. Nelson says :* "Rare winter 

 resident. A specimen was shot from a telegraph pole, in Chi- 

 cago, a few year since, by Dr. J. W. Velie. It is a common 

 species in Northern Wisconsin, and before the pines along the 

 Lake were destroyed was probably a regular winter visitant to 

 this state." Mr. Eliot Blackwelder reports the occurrence of an 

 individual of this species at Morgan Park, Illinois, December 29, 

 1894. 



The range of this species covers northern North America, 

 from the Arctic regions south to the northern United States. 



Genus SPHYRAPICUS Baird, 1858. 



Sphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus). Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 

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

 Sphyrapicus varius BAIBD, Birds N. Amer., 1858, 103. 

 Popular synonym: RED-THBOATED SAPSUCKEB. 



This is the most common of our migratory woodpeckers. 

 They seem to enjoy the scantily wooded portions of our city 



*Birds of Northeastern Illinois. Bull., Vol. VIII, 1876, 115. 



