GOLDEN- WINGED WOODPECKER. 195 



broad feathers, worn to an elongated tip by being rubbed against the bark 

 of trees. 



Bill brown above and at the tip, light blue beneath. Iris light brown. 

 Feet greyish-blue. Upper part of the head and hind neck light purplish- 

 grey ; a transverse band of scarlet on the lower part of the occiput. Up- 

 per parts generally light greenish-brown, spotted with black ; the lower 

 back white, the tail-coverts of the same colour, spotted with black. Pri- 

 maries brownish-black, their shafts, as are those of all the large feathers, 

 orange. Tail brownish-black. Sides of the head and fore neck light 

 brownish-red, tinged with grey. A black streak along each side of the 

 throat, and a lunated patch of the same across the fore part of the breast. 

 The rest of the breast reddish- white, spotted with black, as are the lighter 

 coloured abdomen and under tail-coverts. Under surface of the wings 

 and tail of a fine rich yellow. 



Length IH^ inches, extent of wings 16; bill along the 'ridge 1|^, along 

 the gap If ; tarsus 1|, middle toe I5. 



Adult Female. Plate XXXVII. Fig. 2, 2. 



The female differs chiefly in wanting the black streaks on the throat, 

 in having the lunulated spot on the breast smaller, and in being some- 

 what duller in the tints of the plumage generally. 



Dimensions nearly the same. 



N 2 



