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WHITE-BILLED WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus principalis.) 



P. niger, linea utrinque collari remigibusque secundariis albis. 



Mas. crista coccinea. 



Foem. crista corpore concolore. 



Black Woodpecker, with a line on both sides of the neck, and 



the secondary quills white. 

 Male, with a scarlet crest. 



Female, with the crest the same colour as the body. 



Picus principalis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 173. 2. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1.425. — Lath.Ind. Orn. 1. 225. 3. — Vieil. Ois. de L'Amer. 



Sept. 2. 56. 

 Picus niger carolinensis. Briss, 4. 26. 9 V 

 Pic noir huppe* de la Caroline. Buff. PI. Enl. 690. 

 Pic noir & bee blanc. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. 46. — Vieil. Ois. 



Amer. Sept. 2. 56. 109. 

 White-billed Woodpecker. Pen. Arc. Zool. 2. 156. — Lath. 



Gen. Syn. 2. 553. male. — Lath. Sup. 105. 2. female. 



The White-billed Woodpecker is in length six- 

 teen inches. The beak is about three inches in 

 length, channelled, and as white as ivory : irides 

 yellow : on the back of the head is a beautiful red, 

 erect, pointed crest, some of the feathers two 

 inches in length : the head itself and body black ; 

 but the lower part of the back, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts white : there is a white stripe begin- 

 ning at the eye and passing down each side of the 

 neck to the back : some of the primary quill- 

 feathers black ; the rest white : tail black, and 

 rather wedge-shaped : legs and claws black : fe- 



