380 WOODPECKER. 



spot ; eye placed in a bed of white, extending to the hind head, 

 which is golden yellow ; breast down the middle, and sides deep 

 crimson ; vent barred black and white, lower parts of the back and 

 rump white ; wings and tail black ; some of the secondaries white 

 just at the tip. 



The female has the head wholly black ; and a line of white over 

 the eye; the former of these, in the collection of General Davies; 

 the latter in my own ; were both brought from Cayenne. 



49 —PORTO-RICO WOODPECKER. 



Picus Portoricensis, Ann. du Mus. Nat. ii. 285. pi. 51. Nat. Misc. pi. 953. Gen. 

 Zool. ix. 217. pi. 37. 



SIZE of a Blackbird. Bill and legs black ; forehead before the 

 eyes, the lids, rump, and upper tail coverts white ; crown and neck 

 behind, black ; back the same, but deeper, with a greenish tinge ; 

 quills and tail black ; throat, neck before, middle of the breast, 

 belly, and vent deep blood red ; sides of the breast and belly brown, 

 paler beneath the wings. 



The female is much the same, but smaller, and the colour less 

 bright. — This bird is common at Porto Rico ; said to cry like the 

 European Green Species, and is supposed to be distinct ; but seems 

 much allied to the last described. 



50— CRIMSON-CROWNED WOODPECKER. 



LENGTH eight inches, breadth fourteen and a half. Bill and 

 legs pale lead-colour ; the whole top of the head, and neck behind 

 to the back black, but on the middle of the crown is a round crimson 



