WOODPECKER. 401 



74— BLACK-WINGED WOODPECKER. 



Picus melanopterus, Maxim. Tr. i. p. 140. 



THE whole plumage of this bird is white, excepting the wings, 

 back, and part of the tail, which are black, and the eye encircled 

 with a naked orange-coloured skin. 



Inhabits Brazil ; is esteemed as a new Species, and met with in 

 the neighbourhood of St. Salvador. 



75— CAYENNE WOODPECKER. 



Picus Cayanensis, Ind.Orn.i. 239. Gm. Lin.\. 428. Gen.Zool.ix. 240. 



—— striatus, Bris.'iv. 69. 7d.8vo.ii. 61. 



Le Charpentier d'un vert fonce, Voy. d'Azara iv. No. 252 ? 

 Petit Pic raye de Cayenne, Buf. vii. 31. PI. enl. 613. 

 Pico variado menor, Gabin. de Madrid \\. p. 51. lam. 59. 

 Ca) r enne Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. ii. 590. Id. Sup. 111. 



LENGTH near seven inches and a half. Bill blackish ; top of 

 the head black ; hindhead red ; sides whitish ; hind part of the neck 

 and back yellowish olive, but the feathers of the lower part of the 

 back, rump, and upper tail coverts have a black mark at the tips ; 

 throat black, minutely spotted with white ; fore part of the neck and 

 breast dull yellowish olive, with a small spot of black near the ends 

 of the feathers, and some of them tipped with red ; belly, sides, 

 thighs, and under tail coverts yellowish, with a few black spots on 

 the two last; scapulars and wing coverts dull olive, crossed with 

 blackish bars; quills blackish, with yellow shafts, spotted outwardly 

 with yellow, and within with white ; tail black, the six middle 

 feathers barred outwardly with dull olive, but the two middle ones 

 have the inner webs marked with the same ; the two outer ones 

 barred black and rufous, with yellow shafts ; legs grey. 



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