416 WOODPECKER. 



teen lines long, cinereous ; crown of the head red, the rest of the 

 head, neck behind, back, and rump black ; as are also the scapulars 

 and wing and tail coverts ; on the back and rump some transverse 

 spots of white ; beneath the eyes a stripe of white, beginning at 

 the bill ; all the under parts from chin to vent white, but the sides, 

 thighs, and under wing coverts have a transverse mixture of black ; 

 quills black, spotted on both webs with white ; the tail consists of 

 ten feathers, the four middle ones black ; the next black, but on 

 the outer web, from the middle to the end, rufous white; and on 

 the inner two rufous white spots, near the tip, which last is black ; 

 the two outer black at the base, the rest of the length white, with 

 some spots of black within, the ends black ; the wings reach, when 

 folded, to about three-fourths on the tail ; legs cinereous. 



This is M. Brisson's description, who informs us, that it was 

 from Cayenne, aud in M. de Reaumur's collection. 



91.— TIGA WOODPECKER. 



Picus Tiga, Lin. Trans. xiii. p. 117. — Horsfitld. 



LENGTH eight inches and a half. Head crested ; plumage 

 above green glossed with orange ; crown, nape, back of the neck, 

 and rump crimson ; sides of the head and forepart of the neck white, 

 streaked longitudinally with five black and white lines ; under parts 

 of the body varied with black and white, and black on the breast ; 

 the scapulars very deep, but paler on the belly ; quills and tail soot- 

 colour, the former fasciated with white, the latter plain ; toes two 

 before and one behind. — Inhabits Java. 



END OF VOL. III. 



JACOB AND JOHNSON, PRINTERS, 

 WINCHESTER. 



