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Such are the 



Gold-winged Woodpecker. Picus Auratus. Buff. 

 Cuculus Auratus of the tenth edition. Enl. 695. 

 Wilson, Amer. L. 3. 



Transversely striated, black and grey ; sides of throat 

 and middle of breast, black ; hind part of head, 

 red. 



Yellow-shafted Woodpecker. P. Cafer. Lath. 

 Promepie. Vaill. Prom. 32. 



Brown, above ; vinaceous beneath, with round black 

 spots ; whiskers, crimson. South Africa. 



Banded Woodpecker. P. Poicilophos. Tern. Col. 



197, f. 1- 

 Banded, black and yellow. Java. Six inches long. 



One of these seeks its food only on the ground, 

 although it has the same tail as the rest. 



*&" 



Digging Woodpecker. P. Arator. Cuv. Vaill. 

 Afr. 255 and 6. 



Olive-brown, spotted on all the upper parts with 

 minute white spots ; throat and breast whitish. Africa. 



I have only taken from the genus Picus, the Minute 

 TJ^oodpecker of Lath. Yimx Minutissimus. Gm. 

 Enl. 786. Vieill. Gal. 28, which is properly a 

 Wryneck. 



The Wrynecks. (Yunx.* Lin.) 



Have the tongue extensible, like the woodpecker, 



* The Greek nai^ of the bird in question. Torquilla is its Latin 

 name. 



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