OEDEK PICl. 191 



Range. — Western North America. Breeds in Boreal and Transition zones 

 from central British Columbia and southern Alberta south to northeastern 

 California, central New Mexico, and western Texas; winters south to west 

 central Mexico; casual in Kansas and southern Lower California. 



Sphyrapicus niber (Gmelin). 



Range. — Western North America, mainly west of the coast ranges. 



a. Sphyrapicus ruber ruber (Gmelin). Red-breasted Sapsucker. [403.] 



Picus ruber Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, i, 1788, 429. ("Cayenne" = Pacific 

 coast of United States.) 



Range. — Pacific coast region. Breeds in Transition Zone from northern 

 California to mountains of southern California, east to the western slope of the 

 Sierra Nevada; in winter south to southern Lower California. 



6. Sphyrapicus ruber notk^nsis (Suckow). Northern Red-breasted Sap- 

 sucker. [403a.] 



Picus rvher notkensis Suckow, Anfangsgr. Nat. Thiere, 11, i, 1800, 535. 

 (Nootka Sound, B. C.) 



Range. — Humid Canadian and Transition forests of the Northwest coast 

 from Skagway, Alaska, to Siskiyou Moimtains, northern California, east to 

 eastern slope of Cascades; in winter south to Monterey, California. 



Sphyrapicus thyroideus (Cassin). Williamson's Sapsucker. [404.] 



Picus thyroideus Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., V, 1852, 349. 

 (California.) 



Range. — Boreal mountain forests of western North America. 

 Breeds from southern British Columbia and Montana south to southern 

 California, central Arizona, and central New Mexico; winters in 

 southern California, New Mexico, western Texas, and south to Jalisco, 

 Mexico. 



Genus PHLffiOTOMUS Cabanis & Heine. 



Phlceotomus Cabanis & Heine, Mus. Hein., IV, ii, 1863, 102. Type, by 

 orig. desig., Picus pUeatus LinnjBus. 



Phloeotomus pile^tus (Linn.«:us). 



Range. — Wooded regions of North America, mainly east of the 

 Rocky Mountains. 



