BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 715 
with white ; lower parts, yellow; sides, undulated with dusk . Male, 8, 
14. Female, 8. Habitat, Upper California. Nests in hcses of trees. 
Eggs, four, pure white. 
Picus ruber, Aud. v, 179; plate 416; Syn. p. 181. 
270. Picus varius, Linn. — Yellow-bellied Woodpecker, Wilson, p. 
100. 
Picus varius, Bonap. Syn. p. 45. Rich. & Swain. ii. 309. Nutt. 1.574. Aud. i. 519; 
vy. 537; plate 190; Syn. p, 182. 
271. Picus Carolinus, Linn.— Red-bellied Woodpecker, Wilson, 
p. 75. 
Picus juarolionss Bonap. Syn. p. 45. Nutt. i. 572. Aud. v. 469; plate 415; Syn. 
De i 
272. Picus erythrocephalus. — Red-headed Woodpecker, Wilson 
p. 96. 
Picus erythrocephalus, Bonap. Syn. p. 45. Rich. § Swain. ii. 316. Nutt. i. 569. 
Aud. i. 141; v. 536; Syn. p. 184. 
273. Picus torquatus, Wilson. — Lewis’s Woodpecker, Wilson, p. 210. 
Picus torquatus, Bonap. Syn. p. 46. Nutt.i. 577. Aud. v. 176; plate 416; Syn. 
p. 184. 
SUBGENUS APTERNUS, Swain. 
274, Picus arcticus, Swain. — Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. 
Three-toed ; upper parts, glossy bluish black ; lower, white; sides and 
wing-coverts, transversely barred with black; crown, saffron yellow; 
white line behind eye ; another succeeded by a black one from upper man- 
dible to ear-coverts. Female, without yellow on head. Male, 103, 16. 
Habitat, Massachusetts to Fur Countries. 
Picus tridactylus, Bonap. Orn. ii. 14, Syn. p. 46. Mutt. i. 578. Rich. & Swain. ii 
313. Aud. Syn. p. 182. — Picus tridactylus, Aud. ii. 198 ; plate 132. 
275, Picus hirsutus, Vieill.— Banded Three-toed Woodpecker. 
Three-toed ; upper parts, glossy black; head, with blue reflections, 
back and wings, tinged with brown ; anterior of head, yellow, spotted with 
white ; white band from bill to occiput; back, banded with white. Male, 
9. Habitat, Fur Countries. 
Picus tridactylus, Rich. § Swain. ii. 311,— Picus hirsutus, Aud. v. 184; plate 417; 
Syn. p. 183. 
SUBGENUS COLAPTES, Swain. 
276. Picus auratus, Linn. —Golden-winged Woodpecker, Wilson, 
p. 29. 
Picus auratur, Bonap. Syn. p. 44. Nutt. i. 561. Aud. i. 191; v. 550; vlate 37; 
Syn. p. 18: .—Colaptes auratus, Rick. § Swain. ii. 314, 
277. Picus Mexieanus, Swain. —Red-shafted Woodpecker. 
Head and neck, grayish brown; forehead and band over eye, dull red; 
carinine patch on each side of throat; back, reddish brown, spotted with 
black ; rump, white; tail-coverts, black, barred with white ; lower parts, 
reddish white ; black spots forming a semilunar patch on the forepart of 
breast. Male, 13}. Female, 13. frabitat, Rocky Mountains to the Sas- 
katchawan. 
Picus Mexicanus, Aud. v. 174; plate'416. Syn.‘p. 184. —Colaptes Mexicanus, Rich. 
& Swain. ii. 315. 
