DOWNY WOODPECKER. 83 



Bill bluish-black ; iris dark red ; feet hluish-green ; claws light blue, 

 black at the end. The top of the head is black, as are a broad band beliind 

 the eye, another below the cheek, as well as the shoulders, wings, and tail ; 

 there is a bright red narrow band on the occiput. A band over the eye, and 

 meeting on the hind neck ; another from the base of the upper mandible, 

 passing under the eye, and down the neck ; six bars on the wings, and the 

 greater part of the middle of the back, together with the three lateral 

 tail-feathers on each side, white, the latter marked with black spots. The 

 lower parts in general are dull white. 



Length 6| inches, extent of wings 12 ; bill along the ridge { | ; 

 tarsus |. 



Adult Female. Plate CXII. Fig. 2. 



In the female, the red band on the head is wanting, the place occupied 

 by it in the male being white. The lower parts are brownish- white. 



The Ramping Trumpet-flower. 



BiGNONiA CAPHEOLATA. See vol. i. p. 334. 



This species is met with only in the Southern Districts. It is rather 

 rare in Louisiana, but abounds in Georgia, Alabama, and the Floridas. 

 The flowers are destitute of odour. Humming-birds delight to search 

 for food in them, as well as in those of other species of the genus. 



