404 WOODPECKER. 



breast black ; head crested ; back and wings bright rufous ; on the 

 last here and there a few spots of black ; also on the tail, the end of 

 which is black ; the quills are marked with black ; belly and vent 

 ferruginous buff; legs lead-colour. 



Inhabits Cayenne and Guiana, where it is called Toucoumari. 



79— RED-CHEEKED WOODPECKER. 



Picus undatus, Ind. Orn.'\. 241. Lin.i. 175. Gm. Lin.i. 432. Gen. Zool. ix. 206. 

 Red-cheeked W r oodpecker, Gen. Syn. ii. 594. Edw. pi. 332. 



LENGTH nine inches. Bill brownish ; from the angles of the 

 mouth, passing under the eyes, is a broad plat of red feathers; the 

 whole bird is of a lion-colour, or orange, inclining to olive, marked 

 with dusky bars; legs dusky. 



Inhabits Guiana, and Surinam. — The above description taken 

 from Mr. Edwards. 



80— RUFOUS WOODPECKER. 



Picus rufus, Ind.Orn.i. 241. Gm. Lin.i. 432. Nat. Misc. pi. 753. Gen. Zool.ix. 207. 

 Pic roux, Buf. vii. 36. PL enl. 694. 1. 

 Rufous Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. ii. 594. 



THIS is scarcely as long as the Wryneck, but rather stouter; 

 length six inches. Bill pale ; the whole bird more or less rufous ; 

 the breast and belly, wings, and tail darker than the rest, and the 

 rump and back paler ; the whole body throughout waved with black 

 streaks, in different shades ; legs lead-colour. 



Inhabits Cayenne and Guiana. We have met with more than one 

 of this kind, with a streak of crimson on each side of the under jaw. 



