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country of the Province of Bahia. Unlike the rest 

 of its tribe, it has a short plaintive cry while flying, 

 and frequently perches on the tops of the strag- 

 gling stunted trees, which afford such a contrast to 

 the luxuriant vegetation of the coast. In size, 

 and in the beautiful golden colour of the quill- 

 shafts, it resembles Picus melanochloros and cay- 

 anensis, near which it should be placed. I have 

 seen it in no other collection than my own. 



PICUS Braziliensis. — Brazilian Woodpecker. 



Specific Character. 



P. olivaceus, subtus flavescens, nigro-fasciatus, ca- 

 pite subcristato supra rubra, utrinque lineis oli- 

 vaceis, fulvis, et rubris. 



Olive Woodpecker, beneath tawny, with trans- 

 verse black striae, head sub-crested above red, 

 the sides with olive, yellow, and red streaks. 



Description. 



Total length 9 inches ; bill, near one inch, 

 black, very straight, the sides angulated; irides 

 yellow ; head above, as far as the nape, crimson ; or- 

 bits and cheeks olive-brown ; beneath this, and com- 



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