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CHILI WOODPECKER. 



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(Picus lignarius.) 



P. pileo coCcineo, corpore albo cceruleoque vittato. 



Woodpecker with a scarlet crown, body banded with blue and 



white. 

 Picus lignarius. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 424. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



224. 2. 

 Chili Woodpecker. Lath. Sup. II. 140. 1. 



THIS bird, which is an inhabitant of Chili, is not 

 quite as large as a Blackbird ; the crown has a 

 red crest, and the body is banded with blue and 

 white : bill very strong, and it is not only enabled 

 by means of it to make holes in decayed trees, but 

 likewise in sound ones, in which it makes its nest. 



