PAjSSERES — V1CWM — PICUS. 191 



THE BANDED WOODPECKER. 



PlCUS HIRSUTUS. 



Picus hirmtus. Vieillot, Ois. de l'Am. Vol. 2, p. 68, pi. 124 (adult male). 



P. tridaciylus. Rich. & Swainson, F. B. A. Vol. 2, p. 311, pi. 56 (young). Audubon, fol. pi. 417. Id. B. of 

 Am, Vol 4, p. 268, pi. 269. 



Characteristics. Three-toed. Crown yellow : back barred, black and white ; tufts of 

 yellowish hairs over the nostrils. Female : crown black, spotted with 

 white. Length, 9 inches. 



Description. Very closely allied to the preceding in its markings. Beside the characters 

 noted in the specific phrase, I may notice that the tarsus is feathered in front, and a tuft of 

 stiff hairs project forward from the base and angles of the mandibles. 



Color. Crown yellow, spotted with white. Throat and beneath white, barred with black 

 on the flanks. Four middle tail-feathers black ; outer feathers white. Female, smaller ; 

 head black, with white spots. 



Length, 9"0. Alar spread, 15*0. 



This is a rare northern species, which I have not yet detected in this State. I think I have 

 seen it in Mr. Ward's collection ; but he as well as myself supposed it to be the young of 

 the foregoing species. It was obtained in the northern part of the Slate. Audubon de- 

 scribes it from a specimen in the collection of the Zoological Society, London. It ranges from 

 the Lakes northwardly to the Arctic circle. 



