594 W O Q D P E C K E R. 



proper wood to build with, he found the major part fo bored' 

 through with th#fe birds.*,, that it was unfit for fervice. 



a a, Picus undatus, Lin. Syji. 3. p. 175. N° J I. 



RED-CHEEKED- Red-cheeked Woodpecker, Edw. vii. pi. 332., 



Description. T ENGTH about nine inches. Bill brownifh : from the 

 angles of the mouth, paffing under the eyes, is a broad 

 plat of red feathers : the whole bird is of a lion-colour, or 

 orange inclining to olive, marked with dufky bars : the legs- 

 are dufky. 

 PtAcaso Inhabits Guiana and Surinam. The above defcription is taken 



from Edwards, who feems to be the only one who has noticed 

 id Buff on has taken no notice of it, otherwife I fhould have 

 thought it to be the following, though they feem to differ 

 much in fize. 



., Le Pic roux, Buf. oif. vii. p. '36. 



RUFOUS Pic. roux de Cayenne, Pl.enl 694- 1*. 



w - Br. Muf. 



description. 



/ "T" N HIS fpecies is fcarcely as big as a Wryneck, but is a little 



fbouter. The bill is pale: the whole bird is of a rufous 



colour on the upper parts : the wings and tail feem darken"; 



* "■ Charpentiers fauvages." Hift. de I'JJle Efp. de Si. Domingue, far 

 P. Charlevoix. Paris. 1730. i. p. 29. 



and 



