400 WOODPECKER. 



quills brown, dentated with whitish ; the two first plain, as are the 

 outer edges of all ; the two middle tail feathers are brown, with two 

 grey transverse spots on each margin, edged with olive ; the two 

 next the same, but of a darker brown ; and the two outer ones 

 mixed with grey ; the exterior tipped with whitish ; legs grey. 



Inhabits St. Domingo, with the former; also Guiana, and as far 

 South as Paraguay. 



Some of these birds, from Cayenne, came under my inspection. 

 Those which were called males answered the description above ; one 

 marked as a female, had the crown brown, otherwise like the male. 

 In this last, the tail feathers were exceedingly worn at the ends, 

 but in the others more rounded and pliant. 



73— TRINIDAD WOODPECKER. 



LENGTH seven inches and a half. Bill black, an inch long, 

 a very trifle bending downwards; crown very deep ash, nearly 

 black ; at the hind part a crimson crest, pointed at the bottom and 

 reaching lower than the nape ; the rest of the neck behind, the 

 back and wings, yellow olive ; rump paler ; upper tail coverts 

 barred with buff; under wing coverts yellowish white; most of the 

 quills the same within from the base, the greater part of their length ; 

 shafts yellow beneath, the first quill one inch long ; the second two 

 inches ; the third half an inch longer ; but the fourth longest ; sides 

 of the head pale ash-colour, nearly white, growing broader behind 

 the eye ; in the direction of the jaw a dusky black streak, minutely 

 dotted with white ; chin much the same, but the white dots more 

 conspicuous and large; from the breast to the vent transversely 

 barred with dusky and yellowish white; tail deep greenish black, 

 the outer feather barred olive and buff; the next the same towards 

 the end ; the rest plain, but most of them have the margins yellow 

 olive ; legs greenish black. 



Inhabits Trinidad. — In the collection of Lord Stanley. 



