232 piciD^. 



p. ofl, no. 257 (1838) ; Aud. Orn. Bioi/r. v. p. 194, pi. ccccxvii. 



fig. 10 (1839) ; id. Syn. J3. N. Amer. p! 181 (1839) ; id. B. Amer. 



iv. p. 259, pi. cclxv. S (1842) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 435 (1845) ; 



Bp. Consp, Gen. Av. i. p. 138 (1850) ; Reichenb. Scans. Picince, 



p. 363, no. 838, pi. dcxxxii. fi?'. 4203, juv. (1854) ; Malh. Picida, 



i. p. 87, pi. xxii. tig. 4, d juv. (1861). 

 Trichopicus auduboni, Bp. Consp. Volncr. Zyyod. p. 8, no. 46 (1854). 

 Picas villosus, var. minor, Baivd, B. N. Amer. p. 85 (1858) ; Sunder. 



Consp. Ar. Picin. p. 16 (1866). 

 Piciis cuvieri, Malh. Pieidce, i. p. 85, pi. xxii. fig. 3, 5 juv. (1861). 

 Picus villosus, Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. 1871, p. 302; Beckham, Auk, 



1887, p. 303. 

 Picus villosus, var. auduboni, B., B., l^- B. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 503 



(1874). 

 Dryobates villosus auduboni, Breivst. Auk, 1886, p. 104 ; Batchelder, 



t. c. pp. 313, 314 ; Fox, f. c. p. 319 ; A. O. U. Check-list N. Amer. 



J5.p. 211, no. 393i (1886); Sennetf,Auk,l887,Y>.2-i2 ; Eidffw. Man. 



N. Amer. B. p. 282 (1887). 



Adult male. Back black, with a broad median stripe of white ; 

 rump, upper tail-coverts, and scapulars black ; wings and their 

 coverts black, the median and the greater coverts, as well as both 

 webs of the quills, spotted with white ; shafts blackish brown ; the 

 four central tail-feathers black, the next one having the basal half 

 black, the apical half white, the two oiiter large feathers on either 

 side white, with only a black basal spot ; shafts corresponding 

 in colour with the surrounding web ; nasal plumes huffy white, with 

 black tips ; top of the head, sides of the face and neck, and hind neck 

 black, with a white superciliary stripe extending on to the occiput 

 and uniting with the corresponding stripe above the scarlet occipital 

 band, and another white stripe from the base of the upper mandible 

 running down to the side of the hind neck ; from the chin to the 

 under tail-coverts (both inclusive) pure white, the black stripe which 

 borders the throat prolonged on to the side of the chest ; under 

 wing-coverts aud axillaries white, the former having one or two 

 black spots aud a black patch on the edge of the wing. Measure- 

 ments of typical bird : — Total length 8-5 inches, culmen 1-25, 

 wing 4'85, tail 3, tarsus 0"88 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 

 0"62, outer posterior 0-7, inner anterior 0-5, inner posterior 0-32. 



Adult fenutle. Differs from the adult male in wanting the scarlet 

 occipital band ; the middle of the occiput black, the white stripes 

 which border the crown scarcely uniting. Total length 8'5 inches, 

 culmen 1'16, wing 4-8, tail 3-1, tarsus 0'84. 



Young male. Has some of the feathers of the crown tipped with 

 orangc-i'ed, and a small didl white spot between this colour and the 

 black base ; the under surface of the body is of a less pure white than 

 in the adult, and the flanks and thighs have dusky stripes and a 

 trace of dusky bars ; the white on the back is strijjcd with black ; 

 the shafts of the quills clear dark browi]. In other respects it 

 resembles the adult female. 



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