BIRDS OF NORTH . AMERICA. 715 
with white; lower parts, yellow; sides, undulated with dusky. Male, 8, 
14. Female, 8. Habitat, Upper California. Nests in hcues of trees. 
Eggs, four, puré white. * 
Picus ruber, Aud, v. 179; plate 416; Syn. p. 181. 
270. pels varius, Linn. — Yellow-bellied Woodpecker, Wilson, p. 
Picus varius, Bonap. Syn. p. 45. Rich. & Swain. ii. 309. Mutt. i. 574. Aud. i. 519; 
v. 537; plate 190; Syn. p. 182. ‘ 
271, Bee Linn. — Red-bellied Woodpecker, Wilson, 
p. 75. 
Picus ‘Corolinnss Bonap. Syn. p. 45. Nutt. i. 572. Aud. v. 469; plate 415; Syn. 
p. : 
272. Picus erythrocephalus. — Red-headed Woodpecker, - Wilson 
p. 96 
Picus erythrocephalus, Bonap. Syn. p. 45. Rich. §& Swain. ii. 316. Nutt. i. 569. 
“aud. 1. 141; v. 536% Syne. 184. 
273. Picus torquatus, Wilson. — Lewis’s Woodpecker, Wilson, p. 210. 
Picus eons Bonap. Syn. p. 46. Nutt. i577. Aud. v. 176; plate 416; Syn. 
Pp. S f 
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. . dud. Syn. p, 182. — Picus tridactylus, wd. 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, /2ud, v. 184; plate 417; 
Syn. p. 183. 
SUBGENUS COLAPTES, Swain. 
976. Picus auratus, Linne—Golden-winged Woodpecker, Wilson, 
ps, 29. 
Picus auratus, Bonap. Syn. p. 44. Mutt. i. 561. Aud. i. 191; v. 550; olate 37 ; 
Syn. p. 18: .— Colaptes uuratus, Rick. § Swain. ii. 314., 
277. Picus Mexieanus, Swain. — Red-shafted Woodpecker. 
Head and neck, grayish brown; forehead and band over eye, dull red ; 
carmine 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 foray semilunar patch on the forepart of 
. breast. Male, 133. Female, 13. abitat, Rocky Mountains to the Sas- 
katchawan. : 
Picus Mexicanus, Aud. v. 174; plate 416. Syn."p. 184. —Colaptes Mexicanus, Rich. 
§& Swain. ii. 315. 
