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ENCENADA WOODPECKER. 



(Picus variegatus.) 



P, capite subcristatcf, lateribus rultro notato, corpore supra trans- 

 versim subtus longitudinaliterjiisco alboque vario, genis albis. 



Woodpecker with a slightly crested head, spotted on the sides 

 with red ; body above transversely, beneath longitudinally 

 varied with fuscous and white ; cheeks white. 



Picus variegatus. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 233. 22. 



Picus bicolor. Gmel Syst. Nat. 1. 438. 



Pic varie de la Encenada. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. 74. Buff. 

 Pl.Enl. 748. f.l. mas. 



Encenada Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 575. 21. 



THIS is one of the most beautiful of the Wood- 

 pecker tribe, and is in length about six inches: 

 beak lead-coloured : irides white : prevailing co- 

 lours grey brown and white, irregularly blended 

 together, mixed transversely on the upper part, 

 and perpendicularly on the under : head slightly 

 crested, and varied with crimson on the sides, 

 which are white, and incline to brown beneath 

 the eye : quills brown, spotted with white : legs 

 lead-coloured: female with the whole of the head 

 brown, and without the crest. 



v. ix. p. i. 13 



