324 HAIRY WOODPECKER. Class II. 



4. Hairy. Picus vlllosus. P. albo nigroque P. villosus. Gm. Lin. 435, 



varius, subtus albus, dorso Picchevelude Virginie. Bris- 



longitudinallter subvilloso, son iv. 48. Hist, d'ois. vli. 



rectricibus externis toto albis. 74. PI. Enl. 754, 



Lath. Ltd. orn. 232. id. Syn. Arct. Zool i. 320. 

 ii. 572. Sup. i. 108". 



Descrip- [THE crown of the head is black ; the hind 



TION 



part marked with a crimson spot ; the cheeks 

 with two lines of white and two of black ; 

 the whole under side of the body is of a white 

 color, divided in the middle lengthways, with a 

 line of white unconnected feathers, resembling 

 hairs ; the wings are black spotted in rows with 

 white : the two middle feathers of the tail are 

 black, the two outmost entirely white ; the rest 

 black marked crossways with white. The fe- 

 male wants the red spot on the head. Its 

 weight is about two ounces ; its length nine 

 inches. ■ 



We are informed by Dr. Latham, that a pair 

 of these birds Avere shot near Halifax, in York- 

 shire, and they are said not to be uncommon in 

 the north of England. Ed.] 



