356 



WOODPECKERS. 





Fig. V.K Head and fojt nf Ani, Female, Fi'esh Creek, Amlros, April 'li. lS!)o. 



Outer anterior foe. 



ORDER VII. PICI. WOODPECKERS. 



sternum, wide, with four marginal indentations. Keel, very low. 

 projected backward. 



The joints of the toes are usually normal in number. 

 shaped. There are ten primaries and twelve tail feathers. This Order contains three nat- 

 ural groups which certainly constitute families; the Yu?7gid(ii which are e;iclusively Old 

 World, the Picumnidm which are found only in South America, and the Piccdoi which have 

 a general distribution throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and America 



The bill is strong and wedge- 



