LlNEATED WOODPECKEK. 

 (Picus Lineatus.) 



P. niger t crista coccinea, linea a rostro utrinque collari ad medium 

 dorsum alba, corpore subtus rufo-albido fasciis nigris. 



Black Woodpecker, with a crimson crest, and with a white line 

 on both sides of the neck reaching from the beak to the 

 middle of the back ; body beneath reddish white barred with 

 black. 



Picus Lineatus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 174. 4. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 

 I. 425. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 226. 5. 



Picus niger cayanensis cristatus. Briss. 4. 31. 11. t. \.f. 2. 



Pic noir huppe de Cayenne. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. 50. 

 Euff. PL Enl. 717. 



Lineated Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 556. 4. 



LENGTH near fourteen inches : beak above an 

 inch and a half long, and horn-coloured; head 

 with a red crest: nape red: cheeks ash-colour: 

 from the corner of the mouth on each side is a 

 white line, which gets broader as it advances, until 

 it meets on the back, which is black : there is a 

 red stripe along the under jaw : throat beneath 

 reddish white, the shaft of each feather marked 

 with black : fore-part of the neck and breast black ; 

 each feather at the tip bordered with reddish 

 white ; of which colour the belly, vent, and thighs 

 are, but striated transversely with black ; edges of 

 the wings white : quills black ; the inner webs 

 about one third of their length from the base 

 white: tail black, and wedge-shaped: legs and 

 claws grey. Inhabits Cayenne. 



