10? WOODPECKER. 



It has alfo been noticed on the other fide of the equator, a drawing 

 of one having been received from the ifland of Ceylon, in the- 

 Eafi Indies *, 



14. 



Var. a. 

 Description. 



CMALLER than the Lliile Woodpecker. Bill blueifli : fore- 

 head and whole of the cheeks white : on the beginning of the 

 crown a rich crimfon fpotj the hind part black and flightly 

 crefted : from the lower mandible begins a black line, which en- 

 tirely furrtfunds the lower part of the cheeks, and joins the hind 

 part of the neck, which is alfo black : back and fcapulars black, 

 marked with lunated white fpots : wing coverts ftriped down- 

 wards, and fpotted with white on a black ground : primaries and 

 tail barred regularly with black and white: under part of the 

 body white. 



Collefted by Mr, Lot£n : communicated by Mr. Pennant. 



18, Hairy Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. ii. p. C72. N" 18.— .^r^?. Zool. ii. N* 164. 



•i- HAIRY W. 



'T'HIS fpecies has lately been found" in the north o( England, 

 where it does not appear to be very uncommon. I had the 

 fatisfaftion of feeing a pair in the colleftion of the late Dutchefs 

 Dowager of Portland. Her Grace informed me, that they were 

 fent to her by Mr. Bolton, who fhot them not far diftant from Ha- 

 lifax, \n Xorkjhire. On comparing the male with one from North 

 America, I obferved a flight interruption on the middle of the red 

 band on the hind head ; in other points, they were exaftly fimilar. 



* Ai-a.ZooL. 



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