402 WOODPECKER. 



Inhabits Cayenne. In a collection of birds from this place 



was one with a streak of crimson on each side of the jaw ; which 

 was probably a male of this species. Azara's bird seems to differ ; it 

 is between eleven and twelve inches long, and the bars on the body 

 said to be yellowish green : the latter is constantly found in Para- 

 guay, and always in pairs. 



76 —YELLOW WOODPECKER. 



Pieus flavicans, Ind. Orn.'u 240. Gen. Zool.ix. 202. pi. 35. x x x x 



exalbidus, Gm. Lin. i. 428. 



Cayanensis alb'us, Bris. iv. 81. Id. 8vo. ii. 63. 



Pic jaune de Cayenne, Buf. vii. 32. PI. enl. 509. 

 Charpentier jaune, Ferm. Surin. ii. 171. 



Yellow Woodpeckev, Gen. Syn. ii. 591. 



LESS than our Green Woodpecker; length nine inches. Bill 

 yellowish white, above an inch long ; hindhead crested ; head, 

 neck, and whole body, dirty white ; from the lower jaw to the ears, 

 on each side, a red stripe ; wing coverts brown, with yellow edges, 

 some of the greater ones mixed with rufous on the inner web ; quills 

 brown or rufous ; tail black ; legs grey. 



The female wants the red band on the side of the head, which is 

 seen in the male. 



Inhabits Cayenne, where it is common, and called Charpentier 

 jaune. It makes the nest within old rotten trees, forming an entrance 

 with its bill from without; at first it is horizontal, but declines down- 

 wards as soon as it has pierced through the sound part, till the hole 

 is at last a foot and a half below the first opening. The female lays 

 three white, and nearly round eggs ; and the young are hatched about 

 the beginning of April. The note of this bird is a kind of whistle, 

 six times repeated, of which the two or three last are in a graver 

 accent than the others. 



