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Status—Common in summer in the Transition zone, from the Trinity Moun- 
tains (Mus. Vert. Zool.), Mount Shasta (Townsend, Proce. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 
1887, p. 205), and in smaller numbers on the Warner Mountains, Modoe County 
(Mus. Vert. Zool.), south along both slopes of the Sierra Nevada to near Weldon, 
Kern County (Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; and in southern California on the San Bernar- 
dino and San Jacinto mountains (J. Grinnell and Swarth, Univ. Calif. Publ. 
Zool., x, 1913, pp. 244-245) ; also on the inner northern coast ranges: South Yolla 
Bolly and Mt. Sanhedrin (Mus. Vert. Zool.). In winter this sapsucker is com- 
mon at lower levels throughout the San Diegan district, and occurs sparingly 
north through the valley and foothill regions west of the Sierras, reaching the 
coast at least in the San Francisco Bay region. (For the nomenclatural status of 
this form, see Swarth, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., x,.1912, p. 35.) 
242 (402a) Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis Baird 
RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER 
Synonyms—Picus varius; Sphyropicus nuchalis; Red-naped Woodpecker ; 
Red-necked Woodpecker. 
Status—Common in summer in the Transition and Canadian zones of the 
Warner Mountains, Modoe County (Mus. Vert. Zool.; Henshaw, Rep. Wheeler 
Sury., 1879, p. 312). Common in winter in the valley of the lower Colorado 
River from Needles to Yuma (J. Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., xm, 1914, p. 
132; Heermann, Pac. R. R. Rep., x, 1859, p. 58); also occurs at that season 
rather sparingly in the San Diegan district (several records), even to San Cle- 
mente Island (Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 84). Recorded casually in winter from 
Palo Alto (Van Denburgh, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc., xxxvii, 1899, p. 162), San 
Geronimo, Marin County (J. Mailliard, Condor, m, 1900, p. 64), and Baird, 
Shasta County (Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, p. 205). 
243 (404) Sphyrapicus thyroideus (Cassin) 
WILLIAMSON SAPSUCKER 
Synonyms—Picus thyroideus; Sphyrapicus wiliamsom; Melanerpes rubri- 
gularis; Brown-headed Woodpecker; Round-headed Woodpecker; Williamson 
Woodpecker. . - 
Status—Common in summer in high Transition and Canadian zones in the - 
Warner Mountains, Modoe County (Mus. Vert. Zool.), in the Sierra Nevada from 
Mount Shasta (Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, p. 206) to Taylor 
Meadow, Tulare County (Mus. Vert. Zool.), and in southern California in the 
San Bernardino Mountains (J. Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., v, 1908, p. 64) 
and San Jacinto Mountains (Bendire, Life Hist., m, 1895, p. 97; Mus. Vert. 
Zool.). Occurs in winter down into the adjacent Transition, and sparingly even 
to Upper Sonoran. Recorded west to Siskiyou Mountains (M. P. Anderson and 
J. Grinnell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., 1903, p. 8) and Trinity Valley (Sclater, 
Proc. Zool. Soe., 1858, p. 2), in northern California; and in the San Diegan dis- 
trict to Mt. Pinos (A. K. Fisher, N. Amer. Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 49), and Los 
Angeles (Swarth, Condor, m1, 1901, p. 67). There is but one record for west- 
