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PHILLIPS'S WOODPECKER. 



Pic us Phillipsit. 



PLATE CCCCXVII. Male. 



The only specimen of this beautiful Woodpecker that I have seen, 

 an adult male, was sent to me by my friend Mr Nuttall, who pro- 

 cured it in the State of Massachusetts. Nothing is known as to its 

 habits. In naming it after my friend Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F. R. S. 

 I have the pleasure of testifying my esteem and gratitude towards one 

 whose kindness and generosity has often been experienced by me and 

 every member of my family. The beauty of this bird has induced me 

 to give two figures of it, by which its form and markings may be bet- 

 ter seen. 



Picus Phillipsii. 



Adult Male. Plate CCCCXVII. Figs. 5, 6. 



Bill about the length of the head, straight, strong, angular, com- 

 pressed toward the tip, which is pointed. Upper mandible with the 

 dorsal line straight, the ridge very narrow, the sides sloping and flat, 

 the lateral angle half-way between the ridge and the edge at the base, 

 and running out upon the latter about two-thirds of its length, the 

 edges sharp and overlapping, the tip acuminate. Lower mandible with 

 the angle short and rather wide, the dorsal line straight, the ridge nar- 

 row, the sides convex toward the edges, which are sharp and inflected, 

 the tip acuminate. Nostrils oblong, basal, concealed by the feathers, 

 and placed near the margin. 



Head large, ovate ; neck rather short ; body full. Feet very short ; 

 tarsus short, compressed, feathered anteriorly more than one-third 

 down, scutellate in the rest of its extent, and with a series of large 

 scales behind ; toes four ; first small, but stout ; third and fourth about 

 the same length, second and third united at the base ; all scutellate 

 above. Claws large, much curved, compressed, laterally grooved, very 

 acute. 



