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L1NEATED WOODPECKER* 

 (Picus Lineatus.) 



P. niger, crista coccinea, linea a rostro utrinque collari ad medium 

 dorsum alba, corpore subtus rufo-albido fasciis nigris. 



Black Woodpecker, with a crimson crest, and with a white line 

 on both sides of the neck reaching from the beak to the 

 middle of the back ; body beneath reddish white barred with 

 black. 



Picus Lineatus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 174. 4. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 425. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 226. 5. 

 Picus niger cayanensis cristatus. Briss. 4. 31. 11. t. \.f. 2. 

 Pic noir huppe de Cayenne. Buff. Hist. Nat* Ois. 7. 50. — 



Buff. PL Enl. 717. 

 Lineated Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 556. 4. 



Length near fourteen inches : beak above an 

 inch and a half long, and horn-coloured: head 

 with a red crest : nape red : cheeks ash-colour : 

 from the eorner of the mouth on each side is a 

 white line, which gets broader as it advances, until 

 it meets on the back, which is black : there is a 

 red stripe along the under jaw : throat beneath 

 reddish white, the shaft of each feather marked 

 with black : fore-part of the neck and breast black ; 

 each feather at the tip bordered with reddish 

 white ; of which colour the belly, vent, and thighs 

 are, but striated transversely with black ; edges of 

 the wings white : quills black ; the inner webs 

 about one third of their length from the base 

 white: tail black, and wedge-shaped: legs and 

 claws grey. Inhabits Cayenne. 



