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central California: Santa Cruz (McGregor, Pac. Coast Avif. no. 2, 1901, p. 8); 
and none for the great interior valleys, or the region south and east of the Sier- 
ran divide. 
244 (405a) Phloeotomus pileatus abieticola (Bangs) 
NorTHERN PILEATED WOODPECKER 
Synonyms—Ceophloeus pileatus; Ceophloeus pileatus abieticola; Phloeo- 
tomus pileatus picinus; Hylotomus pileatus; Dryotomus pileatus; Dryocopus 
pileatus; Black Woodcock; Log-cock; Western Pileated Woodpecker. 
Status—Fairly common resident locally in timbered Transition of the inner 
coast ranges of northwestern California: Siskiyou Mountains (M. P. Anderson 
and J. Grinnell, Proce. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1903, p. 8) south to Mount Sanhe- 
drin, Mendocino County (Stone, Proe. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1904, p. 581; Mus. 
Vert. Zool.) and Seaview and Cazadero, Sonoma County (J. and J. W. Maillard, 
MS) ; and in the Sierra Nevada from Mount Shasta (Townsend, Proce. U. S. Nat. 
Mus., x, 1887, p. 206) south to Kings River Canyon, Fresno County (A. K. 
Fisher, N. Amer. Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 49). The records for Mount Diablo (J. 
G. Cooper, Orn. Calif., 1, 1870, p. 396) and Hollister, San Benito County (Har- 
gitt, Cat. Bds. British Mus., xvi, 1890, p. 515), if not faulty, would indicate 
former occurrence in west-central California. 
245 (407a) Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi Ridgway 
CALIFORNIA WOODPECKER 
Synonyms—Picus formicivorus; Melanerpes formicivorus; Melanerpes mel- 
anopogon; Balanosphyra formicivora bairdt. 
Status—Common resident of timbered parts of the Upper Sonoran and 
lower Transition zones along the whole length of the state west of the Sierran 
divides. Extreme southeastern record: Campo, San Diego County (Belding, 
Land Bds. Pae. Dist., 1890, p. 69). Extreme eastern station in central Califor- 
nia: Carroll Creek, east slope of Sierras, Inyo County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). Ex- 
treme northeastern record: Sisson, Siskiyou County (C. H. Merriam, N. Amer. 
Fauna no. 16, 1899, p. 116). Abundant in those regions where oak trees are 
plentiful. ’ 
246 (408) Asyndesmus lewisi Riley 
Lewis WooDPECKER 
Synonyms—WMelanerpes torquatus; Melanerpes lewisi; Asyndesmus torqua- 
lus; Picus torquatus. 
Status—Common resident locally in the extreme northern tier of counties, 
from the Warner Mountains (Mus. Vert. Zool.) west to the Siskiyou (M. P. An- 
derson and J. Grinnell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1903, p. 9) and Trinity 
(Mus. Vert. Zool.) mountains; south along both slopes of the Sierra Nevada to 
Walker Basin and Fort Tejon (A. K. Fisher, N. Amer. Fauna no. 7, 1893, p. 50). 
Recorded as breeding also near Niles, in Alameda County (Bolander, Condor, 
xvi, 1914, p. 183), in San Benito Valley, San Benito County (J. Mailliard, Bull. 
