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PICID^. 



the eyes, white, with two black streaks in the direc- 

 tion of the jaw : middle of the throat white, as far as 

 the lower part of the neck : beneath the body olive- 

 brown, waved with dirty-white : the quills olive-brown, 

 inclining outwardly to yellow, and marked with yellow 

 spots : tail like the quills. The female is smaller, 

 the waves less distinct, and more inclined to brown : 

 top of the head black. The young male has but little 

 red on the head, and is coloured like the old female : 

 and the very old females have a small red patch on 

 the head like the males. 



This species builds in the mimosa trees, and the 

 female lays four dull white eggs. 



Sp. 16. Pi. clirysosternus. Wern. Trans. {Swains.) v. ii. p. 289. 



Pi. griseo-Juscus albido transversim striatus, infra griseus lineis 

 fuscis sngittatis ornatiis ; vertice guldque nigris ; colli laterihus 

 et antice pectoreque aurels; rernigium rachidihus Jiavo-aureis. 



Grey-brown Woodpecker transversely striped with whitish^ be- 

 neath grey, with arrow-shaped brown lines ; the crown and 

 throat black ; the sides and front of the neck and the breast 

 golden ; the shafts of the quills golden-yellow. 



Gold-breasted Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iii. p. 384. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length twelve inches and a 

 half: beak near an inch and a half, black: crown 

 deep glossy black, which extends to the hind head, 

 and then ends in a point : at the nostrils begins a 

 whitish stripe, which includes the eye, and then be- 

 comes a rich orange-yellow, uniting behind the head, 

 and spreading over the sides and lower part of the 

 neck and breast : chin black ; throat speckled near 

 the beak with white : upper parts of the body and 

 wing-coverts greyish -brown, transversely spotted with 



