WOODPECKER. 389 



same ; general colour of the plumage above black, transversely striped 

 with white ; beneath greyish white ; the two middle and two outer 

 tail feathers black and white mixed ; the others plain black. 



One of these, supposed to be the female, had a grey forehead, 

 and no red on the head, except at the back part. 



Inhabits Louisiana. The lines on the back of this bird are more 

 numerous than in the Jamaica Variety. 



C. — Picus varius Indicus, Gerin. t. 171. Ind. Orn. i. 231. 18, S. 



The general colour of this bird is black and white mixed ; the 

 crown, nape, and belly red; forehead and beneath the neck yellowish 

 grey ; a line of black descends from the nostrils, through the eyes, 

 on each side, and surrounding them ; the middle of the back and 

 rump almost wholly white. 



61.— HAIRY WOODPECKER. 



Picus villosus, Ind. Orn.\. 232. Lin.'i. 175. Gm. Lin. i. 435. Kalm. It. iii. 43. 



Phil. Trans, lxii. 388. Klein. 27. 9. Vieill. Am. ii. p. 64. pi. 120. Gen. Zool. 



ix. 171. 

 Picus varius Virginianus, Bris. iv. 48. Id. 8vo. ii. 54. 

 Picus leuconotus, Tern. Man. d'Orn. 242. Id. Ed. ii. p. 397. 

 Pic chevelu, Buf. vii. 74. Molin. Chil. 209. Id. (Fr. ed.) 215. 

 Pic varie male de Virginie, PI. enl. IbA. Term. Surin. ii. 170. 

 Der Weisspecht, Besek. Vog. Kurl. p. 38. No. 61 ? 

 Hairy Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. ii. 572. Id. Sup. 108. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 164. Cat. 



Car. i. t. 19. f. 2. Kalm. Tr. ii. 86. Lewin Birds, ii. t. 50. Br. Zool. Ed. 1812. 



p. 324. Amer. Ornith. v. 1. pi. 9. f. 3. 



THIS is a trifle less than the Larger Spotted Woodpecker, eight 

 inches long, fourteen broad ; and weighs two ounces. Bill one inch 



