1 62 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



400. Ficoides arcticus (Swains.). 



Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Picus (Apternus) arcticus Swains, in Sw. & Rich. Fauna Bor. 



Am. II. 1831, 313. 

 Ficoides arcticus Gray, Gen. B. I. 1845, 434. 



[B 82, C 300, R 367, C 443-J 



Geog. Dist. — Northern North America, from the arctic regions 

 south to the northern United States (New England, New York, 

 Michigan, Minnesota, and Idaho), and in the Sierra Nevada to 

 Lake Tahoe. 



401. Ficoides americanus Brehm. 



American Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Ficoides americanus Brehm, Handb. Vog. Deutschl. 183 1, 195. 



[B 83, C 301, R 368, C 444-J 



Geog. Dist. — Northern North America, east of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, from the arctic regions southward to the northern United 

 States (Maine, Mass., New York). 



401 a. Ficoides americanus alascensis (Nels.). 

 Alaskan Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Ficoides tridactylus alascensis Nelson, Auk, I. April, 1884, 165. 

 Ficoides americanus alascensis Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 

 1885,355. 



[B— , C— , R— ,C— .] 



Geog. Dist. — Alaska, south to northern Washington. 



401 b. Ficoides americanus dorsalis Baird. 



Alpine Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Ficoides dorsalis Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 100. 



Ficoides americanus dorsalis Baird, Orn. Calif. I. 1870, 386. 



[B 84, C 3oi«, R 368a, C 445-] 

 Geog. Dist. — Rocky Mountain region, from British Columbia 

 and Idaho south into New Mexico. 



