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sp. 16; Isis, 1829, 509.— Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1846, 435.— Maximilian, 

 Joum. fiir Om., 1858, 417. 



Picus (Dendrocopits) varius Swainson*, Fauna Bor.-Am., ii, 1831, pp. xxvi, 309. 



Pilumnus varius Bonaparte, Anteneo Italiano, ii, 1854, 123 (Consp. Voluc. 

 Zygod., 1854, 8.) 



Sphyrapicvs varius Baird, Eep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, p. xxviii, 103. — 

 Malhbrbe, Mon. Pic, i, 1862, 157; iv, 1862, pi. 37, figs. 2, 3, 4.— Blakiston, 

 Ibis, 1862, 3 (Grand Rapids of and Forks of Saskatchewan). — Dresser, Ibis, 

 1865, 468 (San Antonio, Texas, resident, breeding). — Cotjbs, Check List, 

 1873, no. 302; 2d ed., 1882, no. 446.— Trippe, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xv, 

 1872, 233 (Decatur and Mahaska counties, s. Iowa, breeding). — Gundlach, 

 Joum. flir Om., 1874, 150 (Cuba); Om. Cubana, 1876, 273; ed. 1895, 139.— 

 CouES, Birds Northwest, 1874, 285; Bull. IT. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. 

 Terr., iv, 1878, 616 (Pembina and Souiis R., North Dakota, breeding). — 

 Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, i, 1876, 63 (biography); iii, 1878, 180 

 (descr. young); Auk, iii, 1886, 104 (mts. of w. North Carolina, breed- 

 ing). — Lawrence, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., ii, 1874, 294 (Plains of 

 Colima); Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 1876, 35 (Santa Efigenia, Oaxaca; 

 Gineta Mts., Chiapas). — Maynard, Birds Florida, 1878, 223, pi. 18. — ^Mer- 

 RiAM, Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, iv, 1879, 1 (Lewis Co., New York; habits); 

 Auk, i, 1884, 295 (Point de Monts, Quebec).— Ridg way, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., iii, 1880, 189; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 369; Om. Illinois, i, 1889, 

 380.— Cory, Birds Bahama Is., 1880, 121 (New Providence I.); Auk, iii, 

 1886, 375; iv, 1887, 181 (St. Andrews I., Caribbean Sea); viii, 1891, 294 (New 

 Providence I.), 296 (Biminis Islds.), 297 (Caicos Islds.; Inagua); Birds West 

 Ind., 1889, 170; Oat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 104.— Reid, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 no. 25, 1884, 212 (Bermudas, April, Nov., Dec.).— Bicknell, Auk, ii, 1885, 258 

 (notes). — ^American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886 (and 2d ed., 

 1895), no. 402.— Allen (J. A.), Bull. Am. Mus.N. H., i, 1886, 247 '(Massachu- 

 setts, a few breeding). — Ralph and Bagg, Trans. Oneida Hist. Soc, iii, 1886, 

 123 (Oneida Co., New York, breeding). — Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., ix, 1886, 159 (Huexotitla, Puebla).— Bendire, Auk, v, 1888, 225 (descr. 

 nest and eggs); Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 82. — Kbyes and Williams, 

 Proc Davenp. Ac. Sci., v, 1888, (20) (Des Moines, Iowa City, etc., breed- 

 ing). — Bergtold, List Birds Buffalo, New York, 1889, 12 (breeding). — 

 Scott, Auk, vii, 1890, 310 (Dry Tortugas, Florida); ix, 1892, 374 (Jamaica, 

 Jan.).— Clark (W. E.), Auk, vii, 1890, 322 (Ft. Churchill).- Northrop, 

 Auk, viii, 1891, 75 (Andros I., Bahamas, Feb.). — Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1891, 435 (Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, breeding). — ^McBride, Proc. 

 Ind. Ac. Sci., 1891 (1892), 167 (Waterloo, De Kalb Co., n. e. Indiana, breed- 

 ing). — Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iv, 1892, 301 (near Trinidad, s. 

 Cuba).— Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1895, 483 (Roan Mt., Tennessee, 

 4,000 ft.; breeding?).— Baily, Auk, xiii, 1896, 293 (Elk Co., Pennsylvania, 

 breeding). — Jones, Wilson Bull., no. 16, 1897, 61 (Oberlin, Ohio, breeding). — 

 Butler, Birds Indiana, 1897, 834 (Carroll, Laporte, Starke, De Kalb, and 

 Porter counties, n. Indiana, breeding).^ — Cooke, Bull. Col. Agile. Coll., no. 

 37, 1897, 83 (El Paso Co., Colorado; 1 spec.).— Bonhote, Ibis, 1899, 516 

 (New Providence, Bahamas); 1903, 295 (New Providence, Feb., March). — 

 Faxon and Hoffman, Birds Berkshire Co., Mass., 1900, 36 (very rare summer 

 resid.).— Preble, North Am. Fauna, no. 22, 1902, 112 (Ft. Churchill; Moose 

 Factory); no. 27, 1908, 384 (north to Great Slave Lake and Ft. Simpson).— 

 EiPRiG, Auk, xxi, 1904, 241 (Allegheny and Garrett counties, w. Maryland, 

 higher parts; breeding?). — Morris, Wilson Bull., no. 51, 1905, 56 (habits 

 in winter). — Swales and Taverner, Wilson Bull., no. 55, 1906, 65 (Lake 



