PICUS bicolor. 

 Black and White Woodpecker, 



Generic Character. — See PI. 14. 



Specific Character. 



P. ulbuSy collo supra, tergo, alls, lineaque temporali nigris, rcctricibui nigris, 

 basi maculisque margbm interioris albis. 



White : neck above, back, wings, and line from the ears t(j the nape, black ; 

 tail-feathers black, with their base and spots on the inner margin 

 white. 



The simplicity of colouring in the plumage of this bird will 

 easily distinguish it from among the numerous and intricate spe- 

 cies already known of this family. It is one of the new birds the 

 recent investigations of Brazilian zoology have added to our mu- 

 seums. The individual here figured was sent me from the di- 

 strict of Minas Geraies. 



Total length eleven inches and a half. Bill from the upper 

 base to the tip one inch one line, and from the gape one inch four- 

 tenths ; the colour blueish-black ; the upper mandible above 

 sharply carinated and slightly curved ; orbits (in the dead bird) 

 yellowish-white ; the w^iole of the head and nape, sides of the 

 neck, rump and tail-covers, and all the under plumage pure 

 white, with a tinge of yellow down the middle of the belly : a 

 narrow black line commences at the ears, and is carried down 

 on each side, joining the black of the upper neck ; the wings and 

 remaining upper plumage are of a uniform dark sooty black ; the 

 tips of the quills much paler and brownish. Wings six inches 

 and a half long; the inside covers black. Tail four inches, and 

 black banded with white at the extreme base ; the two outer 

 feathers on each side with alternate black and white bands on the 

 inner web their whole length ; feet and claws dirty-greenish ; 

 this was a female. 

 PI. 38. 



