RED-WINGED WOODPECKER. 



(Picus miniatus.) 







P. obscure ruber, capite cristato, jugulo roseo, abdomine albo 9 re- 

 migibus nigris albo maculatis, rectricibus cyaneis. 



Dull red Woodpecker, with a crested head ; jugulum rose-co- 

 loured ; abdomen white ; quills black, with white spots ; tail- 

 feathers blue. 



Picus miniatus. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 432. Lath. 2nd. Orn. 1. 

 241 . 50. 



Red-winged Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 595. 27. 



THIS curious bird is nine inches in length : beak 

 dusky blue : head crested, and of a dull red co- 

 lour : hind part of the neck, back, and wing- 

 coverts, red : quills black, marked with large 

 white spots : chin with a yellow spot : fore-part 

 of the neck rose-colour : belly white : tail dark 

 blue ; its coverts green : legs dusky. Taken on 

 the heights of Java, and called by the Malayans, 

 Toe/car. 



