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FERRUGINOUS WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus cinnamomeus.) 



Ptferrugineo-cinnamomeus, maculis sparsis jlavicantibus, capitis 



crista dorsoque infimojlavis, cauda nigra. 

 Woodpecker of a ferruginous cinnamon colour, sprinkled with 



yellowish spots, with the crest of the head, and the lower part 



of the back, yellow ; tail black. 

 Picus cinnamomeus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. .1. 428. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 240. 45. Vieil. Ois. de V Amer. Sept. 2. 5Q. 

 Le Pic mordore. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. 34.Fieil. Ois. de 



L'Amer. Sept. 2. 5Q. 111. 



Pic jaune tachet de Cayenne. Buff. PL Enl. 524. male. 

 Ferruginous Woodpecker. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 159. Lath. Gen. 



Syn. 2. 592. 42. 



THIS most beautiful bird is about eleven inches 

 in length : beak black : head with a dark yellowish 

 cream-coloured crest : throat with a large crim- 

 son spot on each side : upper parts of the body of 

 a reddish cinnamon colour, sprinkled with a few 

 yellowish-white spots : lower part of the back yel- 

 lowish ash-colour : tail and legs black : female 

 without the crimson spot on the side of the throat. 

 Found in various parts of America, particularly in 

 Guiana and Cayenne. 



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