48 Wyoming Birds. 



394b. Dryobates pubescens homorus: Batchelders' Woodpecker. 

 Fairly common summer resident over most of the state. 

 Specimens which approach gairdncri are frequently found. 



400. Picoides arcticus: Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Uncommon resident in the northern portion of the state. 

 Knight's records were all from the northwestern part, 

 while recent recprds by Peabody and Cary are from north- 

 eastern Wyoming. 



401b. Picoides americanus dorsalis: Alpine Three-toed Wood- 

 pecker. 

 Knight said : "Common in alpine regions." Recent ob- 

 servers have failed to report it, with the exception of 

 Walker, who found it in the Medicine Bow Mountains. 



402. Sphyrapicus varius varius: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



"Possibly a summer resident; but there are no breeding 

 records. Grinnell reports it rather abundant among the 

 large timber on the Medicine Bow River ; Hayden cap- 

 tured specimens. August 9th, at Laramie Peak, in 18S6; 

 Wood took specimens on the Medicine Bow River, August 

 9th, 1856; Holden reports it from the vicinity of Sherman. 

 There is one specimen in the University collection that was 

 taken in Carbon County." (Knight.) 



402a. Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis: Red-naped Sapsucker. 



Fairly common summer resident at the lower and middle 

 altitudes, in the timbered regions. 



404. Sphyrapicus thyroideus: Williamson's Sapsucker. 



"Summer resident ; rather common. There are the fol- 

 lowing records of this bird in the state : Hayden, Lar- 

 amie Peak ; Merriam, Yellowstone Park ; Grinnell. 'ob- 

 served but once near Tower Creek, Yellowstone Park' ; 

 Jesurun reports one specimen from Douglas ; Bond, 'rather 

 common during migration at Cheyenne'; Nos. 38286, 38285, 

 8803, 8804, and 62262 from the National Museum, have 

 been taken in Wyoming." (Knight.) 



406. Melanerpes erythrocephalus: Red-headed Woodpecker. 



Fairly common summer resident of the eastern and north- 

 ern portions of the state, not found in the southwestern 

 portion. 



