WOODPECKER. 405 



A— Rufous Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 111. Ind. Orn.'i. 241. 48. (3. 



This is of an intermediate size between the two last ; length eight 

 inches. It is marked in the same manner, and has a large patch of 

 crimson under the eyes ; quills dusky, spotted with ferruginous ; the 

 tail barred and tipped with black ; the bars of the breast so much 

 broader than on the rest of the under parts, as to give the appearance 

 of a black breast on first inspection ; legs horn-colour. 



It seems not improbable, that the Red-cheeked and the Rufous 

 Woodpeckers differ merely from age or sex, and that the present is 

 a connecting Variety. 



The last was brought from Cayenne, and is also found at Guiana. 



81— YELLOW-BELLIED WOODPECKER. 



Picus varius, Ind. Orn. i. 232. Lin. i. 176. Gm. Lin. i. 438. Bris. iv. 62. Id. 8vo. ii. 



59. Klein 27. 10. Georgi 165. Vieill. Am. ii. 63. pi. 118. Gen. Zool. ix. 168, 

 Pic varie de la Caroline, Buf. vii. 77. PI. enl. 785. 

 Yellow-bellied Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. ii. 574. Id. Sup. 109. Cat. Car. i. 21. Arct. 



Zool. ii. No. 166. Kahn. Trav. ii. 87. Bartr. 287. Amer. Orn. i. pi. 9. f. 2. 



LENGTH seven inches and a half; breadth thirteen. Bill lead- 

 colour ; crown of the head red, bordered on each side with black ; 

 hindhead pale yellow, continuing in a streak over the eyes on each 

 side ; through the eyes a black band, and beneath this another of 

 pale yellow, passing down on each side of the neck ; chin red, sur- 

 rounded with black as a crescent ; lower part of the neck and breast 

 brown black;* belly pale yellow, mixed with black ; sides, thighs, 



* In some birds brown. 



