214 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



401. Ficoides americanus Drehni. 



Aiuerk'iiu Tliree-toed Woodpecker. 



Picoides americanus IJrehm, Handb. Vog. Dcutschl. 1831, 195. 



[B83, C301, R363, C444.] 



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

 in winter, to the Northern United States. 



401^. Picoides americanus alascensis (Nels.). 



Alaskan Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Picoides tridactylits alascensis Nelson, Auk, I. April, 1884, 165. 

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

 1885, 355- 



[B- C-,R— ,C— .] 

 Hab. Alaska. 



401^. Picoides americanus dorsalis Baird. 



Alpine Three-toed Woodpecker. 



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



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



[B84, €301^, R368^, C445.] 



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

 Mexico. 



Genus SPHYRAPICUS Baird. 

 Sphyrapicus Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, loi. Type, Picus varius Linn. 



402. Sph3nrapicus 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.] 



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

 the West Indies, Mexico, and Guatemala. 



