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PICUS LEUCONOTUS. 



(WHITE-BACKED WOODPECKER.) 



Picus leucotos, Bechst. Orn. Taschenb. p. 66 (1802). 



Picus leuconotus, Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. ii. p. 1034 (1805). 



Dendrodromas leuconotus, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 142 (1829). 



Picus cirris, Pall. Zoogr. Eosso-Asiat. i. p. 410 (1831). 



Pipripicus uralensis, "Malh.," Bonap. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 8 (1854). 



Picus uralensis, Malh. Monogr. Picid. i. p. 92, t. 23. figs. 4-6 (1861). 



Pipripicus leuconotus, Bonap. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 8 (1854). 



Picus polonicus, Brehm, Vollst. Vogelf. p. 69 (1855). 



Per weissriickige Specht, German ; Hvitryggig Hackspett, Swedish ; Hvidrygget Flagspet, 

 Norwegian. 



Figures notabiles. 



Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. ii. t. 25. figs. 1, 2 ; Naum. Vog. Deutschl. v. Taf. 135. figs. 1, 2 ; 

 Gould, B. of Eur. hi. pi. 228; Bree, B. of Eur. iii. p. 142; Malh. Monogr. Picid. iii. 

 tab. 23. 



3 ad. fronte lutescente : pileo summo lsete scarlatina, nigro utrinque marginato : crista occipitali nigra ad 

 dorsum vix conjuncta: facie laterali alba, usque ad latera colli dilatata et torquem collarem interruptam 

 formante : genis nigris pone regionem auricularem dilatatis et usque ad latera pectoris extensis, plagam 

 crescentem duplicem pectoralem formantibus : dorso toto superiore nigro : dorso postico et uropygio 

 pure albis, vix nigro notatis : supracaudalibus nigris : scapularibus albis extus paullo albo variis : tec- 

 tricibus alarum nigris, majoribus late albo terminatis, fascias duas conspicuas formantibus : remigibus 

 nigris, versus apicem brunnescentibus albo terminatis, utrisque pogoniis albo maculatis et secundariis 

 albo transfasciatis : cauda nigra, rectrice extima alba nigro transfasciata, penultima ad basin nigra, 

 versus apicem alba, nigro transfasciata, tertia nigra versus apicem albo maculata et ad apicem alba 

 unice nigro transnotata, : gutture et pectore antico albo paullo flavicante : pectore imo et abdomine 

 medio cum subcaudalibus pallide miniatis : hypochondriis flavicanti-albidis : corpore laterali striis nigris 

 distincte lineatis : subalaribus albis nigro variis : rostro cyanescenti-corneo : pedibus plumbeis : iride 

 brunnea. 



? ad. mari similis sed capite nigro nee scarlatino distinguenda. 



2 juv. capite pallide miniato, corpore subtus vix miniato tincto. 



<3 juv. similis mari adulto, sed coloribus ubique dilutioribus, prsesertim abdomine pallide miniato. 



Adult Male. Forehead buffy white; crown of the head to the nape scarlet; sides of the face white, 

 extending backwards on to the sides of the neck, where it forms an interrupted collar, intercepted by 

 an. occipital crest of black ; cheeks black, extending backwards in a broad line, widening out behind the 

 ear-coverts, and running down each side of the neck on to the breast ; upper portion of the back glossy 



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