Description of a New Species <?/" Woodpecker, by William L. 

 Jones, M. D., Read 13t/i March, 1S47. 



Picus Le Contei $ Supra nigra ot albo varicgatus, parte ante- 

 riore colli, lateribus, et pectore pallidecinereo-fuseis ; fascia lata 

 rubra ocripitali, mnculaque magna sordide-alba in regione supra 

 scapulari : mento et ventre Bubal bis. Pedibua tridactylis, rostro 

 corapresso. Hab. in Georgia. Lon. ~> r °, poll. — Plate XVIII. 



Description. — Bill at base as hi<„ r h as it is broad, compressed 

 toward the point, slender and terminating rather abruptly. Ridge 

 of upper mandible slightly curved. Length from gnpe ' % of an 

 inch — nostrils concealed by bristly feathers. Tarsus feathered at 

 its upper part — compressed, shorter than the third toe with its 

 claw length T l s of an inch. First toe wanting — fourth longest, 

 versatile. Fourth quill-feather longest, third shorter than the 

 fifth and longer than the sixth ; second shorter than the eighth 

 and longer than the ninth. Feathers of the back and under parts 

 loose and blended. Ten feathers in the tail which are rather nar- 

 row and somewhat pointed. Length 5 -^ inches, alar extent 11 

 inches, wing from flexure 3 T 7 T inches. 



Color. — Crown black, nasal feathers dirty white ; a broad 

 white line passes from the base of the upper mandible over the eye 

 and terminates in a broad, red occipital band ; beneath this a black 

 line passing through the eye, meeting on the occiput and extend- 

 ing down the neck ; beneath this another white line which expands 

 into a broad patch upon the supra-scapular region — beneath this 

 a narrow line of black extending to the scapula. Flexure of wing, 

 scapulars and upper-tail coverts black. First and secondary wing 

 coverts black with spots neai their tips; quills black, barred with 

 white. Two middle-tail feathers black, the next pair with a little 

 white on their outer webs — the third pair with a large patch of 

 white on its outer web, extending into the innei tear the tip. Two 

 outer pairs dirty white with two <r three black bars. Lower tail 

 coverts white, spotted with black — throat and vent dirty white; 



