WOODPECKER. 399 



cheeks, and throat of an elegant grey ; crown and hind head red ; 

 upper parts of the body black, transversely striated with olive ; 

 quills blackish, spotted with yellow on the outer, and whitish on the 

 inner webs ; rump and upper tail coverts red ; forepart of the neck, 

 breast, and under wing- coverts grey brown ; belly, sides, thighs, 

 and under tail coverts olive;* tail black; the two outer feathers 

 edged with grey ; beneath olive; legs blackish. 

 Inhabits St. Domingo. 



A. — Picus Dominicensis striatus minor, Bris. iv. 67. t. 3, 2. Id. 8vo. ii. 60. 



Pic raye de St. Domingue, Btif. vii. 27. PI. enl. 614. 



Rayed Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. ii. 588. 36. A. Ind. Orn. i. 238. 39. /3 



This is a trifle smaller than the last. Top of the head black ; 

 hindhead red ; but the rest of the body little different in markings 

 from the other, hence supposed to be owing to age or sex. 



72. -PASSERINE WOODPECKER.. 



Picus passerinus, Ind. Orn. i. 238. Lin. i. 174. Gm. Lin. i. 427. Vieill. Am. ii. p. 



61. pi. 115. Gen. Zool. ix. 200. 

 Picus Dominicensis minor, Bris. iv. 75. t. 4. f. 2. Id. Svo. ii. 62. 

 Petit Pic de St. Domingue, Buf. vii. 29. 

 Le Charpentier brun et dore, Voy.d'Azara.'w. No.258. 

 Passerine Woodpecker, Gen.Syn.n. 588. Id. Sup. 1 10. 



SIZE of the last ; length six inches. Bill grey ; crown red ; 

 sides of the head rufous grey ; upper parts of the body yellowish 

 olive ; beneath barred whitish and brown ; on most of the upper 

 wing coverts a white spot at the tip ; the inner edges of the greater 



* The vent falsely painted red in the PI, enlum. 



