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bars ; wing coverts yellow ; inner surface of wing and tail tinged 

 with golden yellow, changing to black towards the tips and edges 

 of the feathers ; the spots on the belly and vent are orbicular, 

 those of the flanks and sides cordiform approaching to reniform. 



1st primary very short ; 2nd shorter than the 8th ; 4th and 6th 

 equal; 5th longest. Length 11 J inches; alar breadth 16j 

 inches. The young bird is dull grey, and wants the red and 

 black crescents. The female wants the black moustaches, but has 

 the other two distinctive marks. A most elegant bird. 



Subdivision 2. With the hill straight, and carinate above and 



below. 

 P. erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. 

 Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Baird ! 

 v.s.p. Bill white at the base, bluish towards the end ; legs and 

 feet bluish; irides hazel ; eggs 6, white spotted with red. 



Dorsal aspect. Head and neck crimson ; dorsal region in- 

 cluding the scapulars and wing coverts jet black ; primaries and 

 tail black, the three lateral feathers of the latter with white tips ; 

 secondaries and rump white. 



Ventral aspect. Chin, cheeks, sides of neck, and breast crim- 

 son like the head ; belly, flanks, vents and tail coverts white. 



3rd primary longest ; 2nd next ; 1st next. Length 9 inches ; 

 alar expanse 15^ inches. 



P. varius. Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. 

 Sphyrapicus varius. Baird ! 



V.S.P. Bill black ; legs and feet bluish ; irides hazel ; eggs 4, 

 white. 



Dorsal aspect. Crown of the head crimson, bordered posteri- 

 orly by a crescent of black ; nape of neck yellowish white ; inter- 

 scapular region and rump varied with white, yellowish white, and 

 bleck spots and bars ; scapulars and small wing coverts black ; a 

 few of the greater wing coverts white ; tail coverts with their 

 outer vanes black, their inner ones white ; primaries and secon- 

 daries black, tipped and barred with white ; tail cuneiform ; the 

 two lateral feathers edged with white on the outer vanes, and 

 tipped with the same colour ; a streak of white along the inner 

 vanes of the central feathers with two or three black spots. 



Ventral aspect. A yellowish white line over the eye termin- 

 ating on the nape of the neck ; from behind the eye a black line 

 including and terminating behind the auriculars ; from the nos- 



