WOODPECKER. 571 



The female differs in having that part of the head rufous white, Female. 

 ■which is red in the male. 



Inhabits Carolina and Jamaica. Place. 



'7- 



+- Var. A. 



T HAVE had feveral from the laft-mentioned place, which dif- d ESC riptiqh, 



fered a little; for the forehead was pale buff, in both fexes, as 

 well as the cheeks : the belly had a pale yellowifh-brown tinge, 

 but not at all inclined to red: the two middle tail feathers were 

 tranfverfely barred with white' on each fide; the next only on the 

 outer web, but both home to the fhaft ; and the outer feather 

 dotted with'white, on the outer margin, the whole length; but 

 on the inner one only near the end: the head, and other particu- 

 lars, anfwering to Briffon's defcription. 



Kalm obferves, that the colour of the head is deeper, and of 

 a more fhining red than Catejby has reprefented it. 



Shane fays, this bird is met with every where in the woods ; and 

 loves the Capficum, or Indian pepper> very much. 



L' Epeiche ou Pic raye de la Louifiane, Buf. oif. vii. p. 73. 17. 

 , , PL enl. 692. female ? Var. B. 



A LITTLE bigger than the greater fpotted Woodpecker. Up- Description. 



per part of the head pale red : on the throat, and under the 

 eyes, fome markings of the fame : general colour of the plumage 

 above black, tranfverfely ftriped with white ; beneath grevifli 

 white : the two middle tail feathers, and the two outer tail fea- 

 thers, black and white mixed ; the others pla , black. 



One of thefe, fuppofed to be the female, had a grey forehead, Female. 



and no red on the head, except at the back part. 



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