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two middle feathers marked with four lunated white spots on the 

 inner web, and near the tip a dash of yellow ; the two outer ones 

 margined on the outer edge and tip with white ; chin white ; throat 

 and breast mixed dirty white and brown, in waves ; sides the same ; 

 belly pale yellow ; legs slender, black. 



Inhabits the Isle of Martinique. A fine specimen was in the 

 collection of Mr. Bullock. 



22 —RED WOODPECKER. 



Picus miniatus, Ind. Orn.'i. 241. Gin. Lin. i. 432. Zool.Ind. p. 14. t. 4. Gen. 



Zool.'ix. 210. pi. 35. Lin. Trans, km. p. 17G. 

 Red Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. ii. 595. Ind. Zool. 4to. pi. vi. Nat. Misc. pi. 413. 



LENGTH nine inches. Bill dusky blue ; head deep, dull red, 

 and crested , on the chin a spot, of yellow ; hind part of the neck, 

 and back, and fore part of the neck, rose-colour ; belly white ; tail 

 coverts green ; tail deep blue ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits Java, shot on the heights of that place ; called by the 

 Malayans, Tockar, or Carpenter; known also there by the name 

 of Platuk. 



A. — Length seven inches. Bill bluish; irides red; top of the 

 head dusky red, from the middle crimson, but the feathers very little 

 elongated. The rest of the head, neck, and all beneath, dusky 

 white, marked on the neck and breast with largish dusky spots; 

 down the middle of the breast and belly crimson ; vent white, waved 

 with obscure pale ash; back, wings, and tail, plain dark chocolate 

 brown ; rump white, legs pale blue. 



Inhabits India. I observed at the late Sir George Staunton's, a 

 bird which appeared to be the other sex. In this the head was red 



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