2l6 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Genus MELANERPES Swainson. 



sukuenus melanerpes. 



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

 erythrocephalus LiNN. 



400. Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linn.). 



Uc'd-licuded Woodpecker. 



Picus erythrocephalus LiN'N. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 113. 

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



[B 94, C 309, K 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. 



Californiau Woo<Ipeeker. 



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

 1881, 34, 85. 



[B9S, C310, R377, C454.] 



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

 south into Mexico. 



407 rt. Melanerpes formicivonis angustifrons Baird. 



Narrow-fronted Woodpecker. 



Melanerpes formicivorus var. anqtistifrons Baird, Orn. Cal. I. 1870, 

 405. 



[B — , C 310 a, R 377 a, C 455.] 

 Hab. Lowei California. 



Subgenus ASYNDESMUS Coues. 



Asyndesmus CouES, Pr. Ac Nat. Sci. F' ila. 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. 



[B96, C 311, R376, C 456.] 



