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RUFOUS WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus rufus.) 



P. rufus nigro undulatus, alls cauda corporeque subtus satura* 



tioribus. 

 Rufous Woodpecker undulated with black, with the wings, tail, 



and body beneath darkest. 

 Picus rufus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 432. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



241. 48. 



Pic roux. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. ZQ.Buff. PI. Enl. 694. 1. 

 Rufous Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 5Q4. 

 /3. pectore nigro, sub oculis macula magna coccinea. 

 With the breast black, and a large crimson spot beneath the eyes. 

 Picus rufus /3. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 241. 48. 

 Rufous Woodpecker. Lath. Syn. Sup. 111. B. 



THIS bird is very similar to the preceding, and 

 may eventually prove to be merely a variety : it 

 is entirely of a rufous colour ; darkest on the 

 breast and belly, rather lighter on the wings and 

 tail, and lightest on the back and rump : the whole 

 body is waved with black streaks : beak pale : male 

 with a crimson streak on each side the jaw : legs 

 lead-coloured. 



Dr. Latham mentions a variety which appears 

 to connect this and the foregoing species together, 

 as it is of an intermediate size between the two ; 

 the principal difference appears to be in the bars 

 on the breast being so very broad as to give it the 

 appearance at first sight of being black ; it has 

 likewise a very large patch of crimson beneath 

 the eyes : this and the preceding variety occur in 

 Cayenne and Guiana. 



