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WHITE-BILLED WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus principalis.) 



P. niger, linea utrinque collari remigibusque secundariis albis. 



Mas. crista coccinea. 



Fcem. crista corpore concolore. 



Black Woodpecker, with a line on both sides of the neck, and 



the secondary quills white. 

 Male, with a scarlet crest. 



Female, with the crest the same colour as the body. 

 Picus principalis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 173. 2. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 425. Lath.Ind. Orn. 1. 225. 3. Vieil. Ois. dt L'Amer. 



Sept. 2. 56. 



Picus niger carolinensis. Briss. 4. 26. 9. 

 Pic noir huppe* de la Caroline. Buff. PI. Enl. 690. 

 Pic noir & bee blanc. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7- 46. Vieil. Ois. 



Amer. Sept. 2. 56. 109. 

 White-billed Woodpecker. Pen. Arc. Zool. 2. 156. Lath. 



Gen. Syn. 2. 553. male. Lath. Sup. 105. 2. female. 



THE White-billed Woodpecker is in length six- 

 teen inches. The beak is about three inches in 

 length, channelled, and as white as ivory : irides 

 yellow : on the back of the head is a beautiful red, 

 erect, pointed crest, some of the feathers two 

 inches in length : the head itself and body black ; 

 but the lower part of the back, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts white : there is a white stripe begin- 

 ning at the eye and passing down each side of the 

 neck to the back : some of the primary quill- 

 feathers black; the rest white: tail black, and 

 rather wedge-shaped : legs and claws black : fe- 



