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53 — ENCENADA WOODPECKER. 



Picus variegatus, Ind. Orn. i. 233. Gen. Zool. ix. 193. 



bicolor, Gm. Lin.\. 438. 

 Pic varie de la Encenada, Buf. vii. 74. PL enl. 748. 1. male. 

 Encenada Woodpecker, Gen. Syn.'u. 575. 



THIS is a trifle larger than the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker ; the 

 length six inches. Bill lead-colour ; irides white ; the plumage in 

 general of two colours, grey-brown and white, but these are irregu- 

 larly blended together, so as to render it extremely beautiful ; above 

 mixed transversely, and beneath in a perpendicular direction ; quills 

 brown, dotted with white ; the head crested, and mixed on both sides 

 with crimson ; sides of the head white, verging to brown under the 

 eye ; legs lead-colour. 



Inhabits America; found at Encenada; seems to be much allied 

 to the last. 



54— YELLOW-HEADED WOODPECKER. 



Picus icterocephalus, Ind. Orn. i. 241. Gen. Zool. ix. 191. pi. 35. XXX 



- chlorocephalus, Gm. Lin. i. 432. 

 Petit Pic a gorge rouge, Buf. vii. 37. PI. enl. 784. 

 Yellow-headed Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. ii. 595. 



SFZE of a Wryneck. Bill lead-colour; head and neck yellow ; 

 top of the head crimson, lengthening into a crest at the hind head ; 

 at the angles of the mouth a streak of the same ; the general colour 

 of the plumage olive brown ; under parts marked with white spots, 

 most numerous at the vent ; legs lead-colour. 



Inhabits Guiana. 



