370 WOODPECKER. 



35— BANK WOODPECKER. 



Picus pitius, Ind. Orn. i. 234. Gm. Lin. i. 432. Gen. Zool. ix. 212. 

 Le Pitico, Molin. Chil. (Fr. ed.) 216. 

 Bank Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 141. 



THIS is said to be the size of a Pigeon ; the plumage brown, 

 spotted with white ; tail short. 



Inhabits Chili ; said not to make a nest, as others, in the hollows 

 of trees, but in the holes of the elevated banks of rivers, laying four 

 eggs. The flesh is esteemed by the natives. 



36— PILEATED WOODPECKER. 



Picus pileatus, Ind. Orn. i. 225. Lin. i. 173. Gm. Lin. i. 425. Viell. Am. ii. p. 58. 



pi. 110. Gen. Zool. ix. 158. pi. 32. 

 Picus Virginianus pileatus, Bris. iv. 29. Id. 8vo. ii. p. 50. 

 Picus niger toto capite rubro, Klein Av. 26. 3. 

 Pic noir huppe de la Louisiane, Buf. vii. 48. PL enl. 718. 

 Le Charpentier a dos blanc, Voy. d' ' Azara iv. No. 249. 

 Larger crested Woodpecker, Gates. Car. i. pi; 17. 

 Pileated Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. ii. 554. Id. Sup. 105. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 157. 



Bartr. Trav. 287. Nat. Misc. pi. 493. 



THIS is smaller than the White-billed ; length sixteen or seven- 

 teen inches, breadth twenty-eight. Bill two inches long, lead 

 coloured ; eyelids the same ; irides gold-colour ; on the top of the 

 head a crest of long red feathers ; beneath this, over the eye, a nar- 

 row white streak, and under this a broad one of black, in which the 

 eyes are placed, all of which tend to the hind head ; on each side, 

 from the nostrils, a streak of yellowish white passes back to the nape, 

 and from thence, on the sides of the neck, to the shoulders ; on each 

 jaw a streak of crimson, and within this the chin and throat are white : 



