ORDER PICI. 163 



GENUS SPHYRAPICUS BAIRD. 



Sphyrapicus BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 80, 101. Type, Picus varius 

 LINN. 



402. Sphyrapicus varius (LINN.). 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 

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

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



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



GEOG. DIST. Eastern North America north to about Lat. 63 30' 

 (north of Fort Simpson), breeding from Massachusetts northward ; 

 south, in winter, to the West Indies, Mexico and Costa Rica. 



402 a. Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis BAIRD. 



Red-naped Sapsueker. 



Sphyrapicus varius var. nuchalis BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 103. 

 [B 86, C 3020, R 3690, C 447.] 



GEOG. DIST. Rocky Mountain region, from British Columbia to 

 the Sierra Bolanos, Jalisco, Mexico, and the Cape region of Lower 

 California ; and westward across the Great Basin to the eastern 

 slope of the Sierra Nevada in northern California. 



403. Sphyrapicus ruber (GMEL.). 



Red-breasted Sapsucker. 



Picus ruber GMEL. S. N. I. 1788, 429. 

 Sphyrapicus ruber BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 104. 



[B 87, C 302^, 303? R 369^, C 448.] 



GEOG. DIST. Pacific coast region, from British Columbia south 

 in the mountains and foothills of California to northern Lower Cali- 

 fornia. 



404. Sphyrapicus thyroideus (CASS.). 



Williamson's Sapsucker. 



Picus thyroideus CASSIN, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1850-1851, 349. 

 Sphyrapicus thyroideus BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 106. 



