BARRED WOODPECKER. O 



with a glutinous substance, and its length, when extended, 

 ten lines beyond the tip of the beak. 



The legs of this species are small, and apparently weak ; 

 the tarsi are feathered two-thirds of their length down the 

 front, and the remaining part is coarsely scaled ; the toes 

 are also scaled on the upper surface, and warty under- 

 neath ; the claws are neither large, strong, nor sharp ; 

 the legs and claws are lead coloured, with the tips of the 

 claws black, and the soles of the feet yellow. The adult 

 male has the forehead, regions of the eyes and mouth, brownish 

 yellow ; from the forehead to the back of the head there is 

 a beautiful space of carmine red, palish towards the forehead, 

 and darker towards the nape ; the sides are edged with 

 black, which black is continued backwards, forming a 

 triangular patch in the neck with the point downwards, 

 and thus running into the black on the back. The back 

 itself is white, barred across with black, and the rump 

 and tail coverts are also black. A white streak runs over 

 the eyes and along the temples, extending all over the 

 sides of the neck. 



From the corner of the mouth commences a dark 

 mustachio, scaled alternately with black and white, becom- 

 ing all black as it proceeds, and ending in a triangular 

 black spot below the ears, the lower angle of which loses 

 itself in dusky shaft streaks. All the under parts of this 

 bird are white, tinged with wood brown, and the under 

 tail-coverts are spotted with heart-shaped dusky mark- 

 ings. The wings are black, although more dusky than 

 the black of the head and back, and the square white 

 markings on the outer webs of the quills form five or six 

 white bars across the wings. The middle tail-feathers are 

 entirely black, the next and the third have white markings 

 on the tip ; the fourth is only black on the roots, with black 

 streaks and tip on a white ground ; the fifth pair are all white 



