Clafs II. SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 179 



The hind part marked with a rich deep crimfon fpot : 

 the cheeks white ; bounded beneath by a black line 

 that pafles from the corner of the mouth and fup- 

 rounds the hind part of the head. The neck h en- 

 circled with a black color. The throat and breaft are 

 of a yellowifh white. The vent feathers of a fine 

 light crimfon. The back rump and coverts of the 

 tail, and lelTer coverts of the wings are black ; the 

 fcapular feathers and coverts adjoining to them are 

 white. The quil feathers black, elegantly marked 

 on each web with round white fpots. The four mid- 

 dle feathers of the tail are black, the next tipt with 

 dirty yellow, the bottoms of the two outmoft black: 

 the upper parts a dirty white. The exterior feather 

 marked on each web with two black fpots j the next 

 with two on the inner web, and only one on the other. 

 The legs are of a lead color. The female wants that 

 beautiful crimfon fpot on the head, in other refpe<fts 

 the colors of both agree. This fpecies iis much more 

 uncommon than the preceding ; and keeps altogether 

 in the woods. 



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