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Chili Woodpecker. {P Chilensis.) Lesson Voy 

 de la Coq. 32. 



Brown, barred with whitish ; lower part of the back 

 and rump, pure white ; bill, black ; crown, ash ; 

 cheek, red ; throat white ; tail, brown. Chili. 



Lewis's Woodpecker. (P. Torquatus.) Wilson, 

 Amer. III. 20. 



Head, back, wings, and tail, black ; top of head, red ; 

 collar, white. America. 



St. Domingo Woodpecker. (P. Dominicanus.) Spix. 



Not crested ; white ; occipital spot and belly, yellow- 

 green ; back, scapulars, wings, and end of tail, 

 black. 



These species are analogous to the Green Woodpecker. 



The Pierced Woodpecker. (P. Percussus.) Col. 

 390, and the female, 424. 



Above, green ; beneath, dirty-yellow, covered with 

 black spots, like gashes ; top of head and neck, and 

 patch on breast, red; cheeks, slate, with a black patch 

 behind the eye. Cuba. 



Bengal Woodpecker. (P. Bengalensis.) L. Enl. 695, 

 of which P. Aurantius. Gm. Briss. IV. is pro- 

 bably a variety. 



Top of head, black with white spots ; crimson, crest ; 

 above, black with white spots ; beneath, white. 

 Bengal. 



Goa Woodpecker. (P. Goensis.) Gm. Enl. 696. 



Crown and crest, crimson, edged with white ; wings, 

 yellow ; above, black, with zigzag- white stripes ; 

 beneath white, Goa. 



