376 WOODPECKER. 



" vermilion colour, on which also it hath a crest like a Dove ; the 

 " neck underneath is black to the very bill, as also above; but in 

 " both sides there is a broad white line produced towards the back ; 

 " the wings are outwardly all over black, inwardly white ; the tail 

 " black ; in the belly and upper part of the legs the feathers are 

 " black and white ; its bill is strait, sharp-pointed, wherewith it 

 " pierces the barks of trees, as the Woodpecker."* 



The two birds first described were introduced to our notice by 

 Mr. Mc. Leay, who received them with many others from Berbice ; 

 the first was called the female, the other the male ; and to both was 

 attached the name Hoedoedoe, by which appellation they are known 

 in the parts where found. It seems to have most affinity with the 

 Red-headed one, having many markings in common with it ; but on 

 comparison, will be found to differ in so many others, as to make it 

 very probable, that it may be a distinct species. 



42— LEWIS'S WOODPECKER. 



Picus torquatus, Lewis's Woodpecker, Amer. Orn. iii. pi. 20. f. 3. 



LENGTH eleven inches and a half. Bill dark horn-colour; 

 head, back, wings, and tail black; front, chin, and cheeks, beyond 

 the eyes, dark, rich red; round the neck a white collar, spreading 

 over the breast, and appearing as if the fibres of the feathers had 

 been silvered ; they are also separate in their texture, and mixed with 

 silvery ones; vent black ; legs dusky blue. 



Inhabits America. 



* See Will. Orn. (Engl, ed.) p. 138 § V. Id. (ed. Latin.) p. 95. t. 22. Rail Syn. 

 Av. p. 43. 7. 



