FAMILY PICID^E 



Key to the Woodpeckers 



Large, length 312 mm. (12.30 in.) or more; upper parts 

 predominantly black; conspicuous scarlet crest. 



b. White patches on back uniting to form a large V; 

 under parts pale tawny broadly and distinctly 

 barred with black. 



c. Forehead and cheeks scarlet ; a white patch on ear 



coverts bordered by a black one above it 



Scapaneus malherbii male 



cc. Forehead black; cheeks entirely white in a con- 

 tinuation of white areas on back 



Scapaneus malherbii female . . 



bb. White patches on back widely separated ; under parts 

 brownish buff less distinctly spotted with black 

 (white shoulder patch continuing in a stripe 

 through cheeks). 



c. Forehead and cheeks scarlet 



Ceophlceus lineatus mesorhynchus male 



cc. Forehead and cheeks black 



Ceophlczus lineatus mesorhynchus female 



i. Smaller, length 194 mm. (7.65 in.) or less; no con- 

 spicuous scarlet crest. 



b. Medium size; upper parts with bars. 

 c. Upper parts barred black and white. 



d. Forehead dull brownish white; sides of head 

 buffy grayish. 



e. Crown and hindneck red 



Centurus rubricapillus wagleri male 



ee. Crown buffy gray 



.... Centurus rubricapillus wagleri female 



dd. Forehead yellow; sides of head with a black 

 patch enclosing a white spot. 



e. Crown and hindneck red 



Tripsurus p. pucherani male 



ee. Crown mostly black 



Tripsurus p. pucherani female 



cc. Head crested, upper parts rufous chestnut barred 

 with black on back and tail ; spotted with black 

 on forehead. 



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