PICIDiE. 157 



White Puff-bird with the sides variegated ; the top of tlie head, 

 back, and wings red, waved with black lines ; the region of the 

 ears and part of the neck black. 



Length eight inches : both sexes have the throat, 

 the forepart of the neck, all the under parts of the 

 body, and the lower wing-coverts white : the sides 

 of the body are, more or less, dotted and striped, 

 according to the age of the bird : a white collar sur- 

 rounds the nape, and the lores are of the same co- 

 lour, passing through the eyes to the base of the 

 beak : the region of the ears and part of the sides 

 of the neck are covered with a large deep black spot : 

 the top of the head, the back, and the wings are 

 red, transversely striped with zigzag black lines : the 

 secondary quills and the tail-feathers are deeper red 

 than the back, and their edges are marked with tri- 

 angular white spots : the quills are dusky : the legs 

 greenish : the beak is fine red, but in the younger 

 birds it is tipped with black or dusky. In the young 

 the plumage is more irregularly marked : the fore- 

 part of the neck is more or less of an isabella-colour, 

 marked with a few black stripes : the upper part of 

 the head dusky, with the tips of the feathers marked 

 with red : the sides of the body are more striped and 

 spotted ; the under mandible of the beak is black, 

 and the upper marbled with red and black. 



Sp. 9. Ca? macrodactylus. 



Ca? minor, brunnescens; capita rufo; loris collarique nigris; 

 nucha, stria supra oculos, nee non guld fulvis ; macula pectoris 

 albd; tectricibus alarum fulvo nigroque marginatis ; abdomine 

 brunnescente, nigrojasciolato. 



