234 LINEATED WOODPECKER. 



strong, much curved, much compressed, deep, broadly grooved on the sides, 

 very acute. 



Plumage blended; feathers on the upper and hind part of the head linear, 

 glossy, stiffish, with separated barbs, forming a broad occipital crest an inch 

 in length. Wings long, much rounded; the outer six quills with the inner 

 web cut out: the first very small, being only an inch and three-quarters long; 

 the second two inches and five-twelfths longer; the third eleven-twelfths 

 longer; the fourth two and a half twelfths shorter than the fifth, which is 

 longest; the fourth a little shorter than the sixth; the third and seventh 

 nearly equal; the second shorter than the eighth. Tail rather long, cuneate, 

 acuminate, of twelve feathers, the lateral only an inch and three-quarters 

 long, slender and unworn, the rest pointed; the middle feathers exceeding 

 the second outer feathers by an inch and eight -twelfths. 



Bill horn-coloured, bluish toward the end, dusky at the point. Feet 

 greyish-blue, claws brownish. The upper part of the head, including the 

 forehead and occiput, vivid scarlet; a narrow dusky line from the nostril to 

 the eye; a patch, including the eyelids and ear-coverts, leaden-grey; a nar- 

 row band down the hind part of the neck gradually enlarging, the back, 

 wings, and tail deep black; a band from the nostrils obliquely descending 

 over the side of the head, passing backwards behind the ear, then much 

 enlarged, and running down the side of the neck to the shoulder, a large 

 oblique patch at the commencement of the wing, including the outer 

 scapulars, the small feathers on the edge of the wing under the alula, the 

 lower wing-coverts, and the inner webs of the quills for about half their 

 length, pure white. There is an elongated oblong crimson patch at the base 

 of the lower jaw; the chin or fore part of the throat is yellowish-white, 

 longitudinally streaked with dusky, the rest of the fore neck and a part of 

 the breast black; the lower parts and sides brownish-white, transversely 

 barred with black. 



Length to end of tail 15 inches; bill along the ridge 1-&, along the edge 

 of lower mandible 1 T §; wing from flexure 1-f^; tail 5 T V; tarsus T V; hind 

 toe f|, its claw -ff ; second toe T 9 2, its claw -yg-; third toe 1^, its claw -f|; 

 third toe T °|, its claw T 8 2. 



