RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER. 15 



strong, with the barbs worn at the end, the tip emarginate, the shafts 

 being worn. 



Bill greyish-blue, with the upper mandible dusky toward the ridge. 

 Iris hazel. Feet greyish-blue, claws of the same colour, dusky along 

 the ridge. The upper part of the head, the hind neck, the loral space, 

 and a band down each side of the neck glossy black ; feathers at the 

 base of the bill, a band over the eye, and a large patch on the side of 

 the head white. Margining the black behind the eye, is a streak of 

 bright carmine, formed by a series of very slender feathers. All the 

 upper parts, including the wings, are blackish-brown, transversely 

 banded with white. Tail black ; the fourth feather obliquely white on 

 the outer web toward the end, the next with the white extended to the 

 inner webs toward the end, it being barred with black on the inner ; 

 the second white, with five black bands on the inner web and one on 

 the outer ; the first or lateral feather white, with a black patch near 

 the base of the inner web. The lower parts are white, the sides of the 

 lower part of the neck, and of the body, marked with oblong black 

 spots. 



Length to end of tail 8^ inches ; extent of wings 14^ ; bill along 

 the ridge ^§ ; wing from flexure 4:^% ; tail S^%, the lateral feathers Ij^^ ; 

 tarsus 1^3 ; hind toe ||, its claw |^ ; inner toe ^|, its claw ^^ ; middle 

 toe t\> its claw ^^ ; outer toe ^|, its claAV j%. 



Female. Plate CCCLXXXIX. Fig. 2. 



The Female is somewhat smaller, but resembles the male in colour, 

 with the exception of wanting the red streak behind the eye. 



Length to end of tail 7f inches, to end of wings 6|, to end of claws 

 6f ; extent of wings 13|^. 



The roof of the upper mandible is slightly concave, with a promi- 

 nent middle ridge ; the lower mandible more concave, with two ridges 

 and a median groove. The tongue is 10^ twelfths long, slender, its 

 breadth 1 twelfth, its sides parallel ; it tapers to a point at the end, 

 where it is margined with acicular bristles directed backwards. The 

 hyoid bones curve round the back of the head, converge, and run along 

 the middle of the skull to the base of the bill, without curving to either 

 side. The palate is flattened, the posterior aperture of the nares linear, 

 with an anterior slit, which is margined with papillae. The aperture 



