PIC us Braziliensis. 

 Brazilian Woodpecker. 



Generic Character. — See PL 14, 



Specific Character. 

 P. olhaceus, subtus fulvus, nigrescente-fasciatus ; capite subcristato, supra rU' 

 bro, utrinque lineis oUvaceis, fulvis, et rubris. 



Olive Woodpecker : beneath fulvous, with transverse blackish bands. Head 

 sub-crested, above red, the sides with olive, yellow, and red streaks. 



A NEW species of this already extensive family, inhabiting the 

 interior of Brazil in the province of Bahia, where I met with it 

 but once. It was, I beheve, first described in a paper I sent to 

 the Wernerian Society some time ago : the figure is less than 

 the natural size. 



Total length nine inches. Bill not quite an inch, and blackish, 

 Irides yellow. Head slightly crested ; the whole upper part 

 crimson. Orbits and cheeks olive-brown; beneath this a nar- 

 row line of tawny-yellow begins at the nostrils and passes down 

 the sides of the neck ; next this is a similar stripe crimson on 

 the jaws and olive beyond, leaving the chin and throat in front 

 yellowish ; the plumage above is tawny-olive. Quills black, with- 

 in edged with rufous : all the under parts tavvny-yellow, trans- 

 versely banded with blackish hues ; inner wing-covers yellowish. 

 Tail three inches and a half long, the feathers black, unspotted, 

 and tinged at their base with olive. Feet and claws lead-colour. 

 The neck is very slender. The only one I have yet seen was a- 

 male. 



PI. 20.. 



