ORD. IJVSESSOMES. 



FAM. PICIBJE. 



GEN. PIC US. 



PLATE XLVII. 



PJCUS CEYLONUS. 



RED WOODPECKER. 



Synon. — P. ceylonus, Forst., P. negledus, Wagler. 



I HAVE figured this interesting species of Woodpecker from the island of 

 Ceylon, where it was procured by Lord A. Hay, and where it appears to be not uncom- 

 mon, replacing (says Mr. Blyth) the common P. bengalensis of the Indian continent, 

 to which it assimilates in structure, belonging to the same division Brachyptermts. 



Description. — Above of a dull crimson colour, brighter on the head and crest 

 — beneath white, with brown markings; streak from the eye and two narrow stripes, 

 one from above the gape, and the other from the edge of the lower mandible, dark 

 brown. Bill yellow. Legs cinereous. 



