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WHITE-HUMPED WOODPEGKEB. 



ZYGODACTYLI. 



Family PICID^. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Picus. f Linnmus.) 



Generic Characters. — Beak strong, cuneiform, or rounded, and grooved 

 above, about as long as the head, straight, and pointed; nostrils open, oval, 

 more or less hid by the setaceous feathers which cover the base of the beak. 

 Tongue very mobile, capable of being projected from the mouth, armed 

 with small sharp needle-like processes bent backwards and horny towards 

 the tip. Feet robust and short, with three or four toes; claws arched, com- 

 pressed, and pointed, formed for climbing. Wings elongated, the bastard 

 quill short, the third and fourth the longest. Tail composed of quills having 

 stiff and elastic shafts, ten or twelve in number, and serving as a prop in 

 climbing. 



WHITE-RUMPED WOODPECKER. 



Picus leuconotus. 



Picus leuconotus, 

 (( 



kueonot/ius, 



polonicus, 



syriacus, 



leuconotos, 

 Dendrodromus leuconotus, 

 Pic varie a dos blanc, 

 Weissriickiger Buntsprecht, 

 Picchio vario Massiino, 



Meyer and Wolff, i8io. 

 Temminck, i8zo. Bechstein. 



ViEL. 



Brehm. 



Taczanouski. 



Brehm. 



Gray; Hand List, No. 8552. 



Of the French. 



Of the Germans. 



Stor. 



Specific Characters. — Plumage varied; the rump white, and the upper tail 

 coverts crimson and white. Length ten inches and three quarters; from 

 carpal joint to tip of wing five inches and a half; tarsus one inch; beak 

 (upper mandible) one inch and two fifths; tail three inches and a half. 



