846 Dr. A. Halt on the Mammals and Birds 



both lost upon the shoulders ; chin, throat, middle of breast, belly, 

 and vent white ; sides of the breast and flanks white with black 

 bars ; shoulders black; central tail coverts white ; the lateral ones 

 white barred with black on their inner vanes. 



1st primary rudimentary; 3rd to 4th subequal and longest. 

 Length 9f inches ; alar expanse 14 J inches. The female has the 

 head wdiolly black. 



P. hirsutus. Northern Banded Woodpecker. 

 P. hirsutus. Viellot ! 

 Picoides hirsutus. Baird ! 



D.c. Crown yellow, spotted with white ; throat and beneath 

 white, barred witii black on the flanks ; the four middle tail 

 feathers black ; outer feathers white. 



Female smaller ; head black with white spots. 



Length 9 inches; alar breadth 15 inches. 



The above description is taken from Audubon's work. The 

 following is a description of a young male now before me : 



v.s.p. Dorsal aspect. Prevailing tint black; crown of head 

 spotted with white ; from behind the eye reaches a streak of white 

 meeting a circle of white at commencement of the dorsal region ; 

 back barred with white ; tail coverts black ; the three outer tail 

 feathers with their outer vanes white or soiled white ; the outer- 

 most feather wholly white with the exception of three or four 

 black bars on the inner vanes ; central feathers black with an 

 occasional whitish spot; the primaries and secondaries with 

 white spots, the former on both vanes ; the latter on the inner 

 only. 



Ventral aspect. Throat and breast white ; flanks and ventral 

 portion white barred with black ; hinder tail coverts white. 



This bird has only three toes, and has the bill straight, some- 

 what flattened, with the upper bill acutely ridged ; the nuchal 

 bristles stand forwards, closely appressed and bristly. 



Length 7 J inches ; alar expanse 13 inches. 



The bird before me was shot last autumn (1861) on St. Helen'^ 

 Island, opposite this city, and presented to Mr. Hunter of the 

 Natural History Society. Its sex was verified by Mr. Hunter, and it 

 therefore in almost every respect resembles the adult female. It 

 must have been a bird hatched last summer. I cannot but regard 

 this species as extremely rare visitants. 



