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CAROLINA WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus carolinus. ) 



P. pileo nuchaque rubris, dorso fasdis nigris, rectricibus mediis 



nigro punctatis. 

 Woodpecker with the top of the head and upper part of the 



neck red ; back with black bands ; middle tail-feathers spotted 



with black. 

 Picus carolinus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 174. 10. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 431. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 231. 18. 

 Picus varius jamaicensis. Briss. 4. 5Q. 23. 

 Pic varie de la Jamaique. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. J. J'2. Biiff, 



PL Enl. 597. female. 

 Carolina Woodpecker. Pen. Arct. Zool, 2. l6l. Lath. Gen. 



Syn.2. 570. 17. 



LARGER than P. major : beak black, an inch and 

 a half in length : irides hazel : the crown of the 

 head and upper part of the neck behind bright 

 red : cheeks yellowish white : throat and fore- 

 part of the neck dirty olive, which as it approaches 

 the abdomen becomes red: lower part of the belly 

 and thighs marked with transverse brown lines: 

 upper parts of the body black, with narrow trans- 

 verse whitish lines: tail black; the exterior fea- 

 ther dotted with white on the outer edge : legs 

 and claws black : female has that part of the head 

 rufous white which in the male is red. This bird 

 appears to vary in a few particulars, as in some 

 specimens the forehead and cheeks, in both sexes, 

 have been pale buff; the belly, instead of being 

 red, had only a pale yellowish-brown tinge j and 



