ORDER SCANSORES. 445 



Passerine Woodpecker. P. Passerinus. Gm. 

 Briss. IV. Spix. t. 56. f. 1. 2. 



Olive-yellow, above; beneath, barred white and brown ; 

 spots on wings, white ; crown, red ; Size of last. 

 St. Domingo. 



Surinam Woodpecker. (P. Luzonicus.) Cuv. Sonn. 

 pi. 37. 



Greenish-black, crown ; slightly crested; chin and 

 beneath, white ; feathers, black edged ; tail, black- 

 brown, with a central row of white spots. Surinam 

 Islands. 



Red Woodpecker. (P. Miniatus.) Gm. Ind. 

 Zool. vj. 



Above, red ; belly, white. Java. 



Yellow-headed Woodpecker. P. Chlorocephalus. Gm. 

 Enl. 784. 



Head and neck, yellow ; crest, crimson olive-brown, 

 marked with white spots. Guiana. 



Yellow Woodpecker. P. Exalhidus. Gm. Enl. 509. 



Yellowish white ; red stripe from gape to ears ; tail 

 black. Cayenne. 



Ferruginous Woodpecker. P. Cinnamoneus. Gm. 

 Enl. 524. 



Reddish-cinnamon above, with whitish spots ; crimson 

 spot on each side of the throat. Cayenne. 



P. Palalaca. Cuv. Enl. 691. 



Forehead and crest, scarlet-reddish ; golden-olive, 

 cheeks ; reddish-white, body ; beneath, reddish ; 

 feathers, black edged; tail black. 



