GOLDEN -TAILED WOODPECKER. 159 



the nape crimson, the occiput being crested : the 

 general cast of the upper plumage is of a cinereous- 

 olive, varied with short transverse bands and spots 

 of an olive-white : each of the underscapular fea- 

 thers has one band and a terminal spot : the wings 

 are the same, but with a fulvous tinge ; and each 

 quill feather has from five to six spots on the mar- 

 gin of the outer web, and their shafts are brownish- 

 yellow : the tail-feathers are yellowish-brown with 

 about six bars, interrupted only by the shafts, 

 which are of a bright golden-yellow, while the inner 

 surface of the shafts of the quill- feathers is the same, 

 but paler : the sides of the head, ears, and chin are 

 white spotted with black ; the male has a red max- 

 illary stripe not seen in the female : the ground co- 

 lour of the under plumage is white, tinged 

 with yellowish in the male : each feather 

 from the breast downwards has a double 

 stripe of black down the shafts, of this 

 form; but the upper spot is not seen on the 

 feathers of the body and belly ; the female has the 

 belly and vent almost unspotted: bill and feet 

 blackish: the black spots on the middle of the 

 throat are largest, and are almost round, while 

 those on the flanks assume the appearance only of 

 narrow stripes : the tips of all the tail-feathers are 

 golden. 



Total length 8 inches ; bill from the gape, 1^ ; 

 wings, 4 T 2 Q ; tail beyond, T 7 o ; ditto from the base, 

 3 ; tarsus, J|. 



