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with the same ; beneath the white streak under the eye is another of 

 black, mixed with a little white ; the under parts of the body, from 

 chin to vent, white ; but the sides are barred with black and white ; 

 the tail consists of ten feathers, the four middle ones are wholly 

 black, the next half black and half rufous white, obliquely divided, 

 the very tips black ; the outer but one the same, but the end half 

 wholly white, and the exterior feather white, except the inner web 

 just at the base ; legs black. 



Inhabits Hudson's Bay, and other northern parts of America. — 

 The one last described received from the late Mr. Hutchins. Dr. 

 Forster says, that they are met with about Severn River, but not 

 very common there, that they live in woods, and feed on the worms 

 picked out of the trees ; the weight two ounces ; length eight inches; 

 breadth thirteen ; irides dark blue. I have had several from the last 

 named place, which varied much in size ; the largest nine inches and 

 three quarters. Some had the sides of the belly barred black and 

 white, others not; some had the back plain black, in others it was 

 spotted with white ; but all were probably of one sex, as the heads 

 were yellow at top : at another time I received one in which the top 

 of the head was neither yellow nor white, but black like the rest of 

 the body. — Not uncommon in Siberia, frequent in the Switzerland 

 Alps ; very rare in Germany, or elsewhere on the European Continent. 



A Woodpecker with three toes only, said to be shot in Scotland, 

 in Mr. Donovan's collection; see his Catal. No. 170. 



90.—SOUTHERN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. 



Picus varius Cayanensis, Bris. iv. p. 54. Id. Svo. ii. 56. 



Picus undulatus, Vieill. Am. ii. p. 69. 



Tridactylia undulata, waved Tridactylia, Gen. Zool. ix. 220. 



Southern Three-toed Woodpecker, Gen. Syn.u. 601. 51. A. Barter. Guian. 164? 



SIZE of the Northern Three-toed Woodpecker ; length eight 

 inches and a half; breadth fourteen inches and a quarter. Bill six- 



