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BUFF- CRESTED WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus melanoleucos.) 



P. nigricans, pileo cristato Jlavescente ; Jronte superciliis nuchaque 

 nigris, linea collari utrinque ad dorsum alba, corpore subtus 

 albido Jasciis nigris. 



Blackish Woodpecker, with a yellowish crest on the top of the 

 head ; forehead, supercilia, and upper part of the neck black, 

 with a white line on each side of the latter reaching to the 

 back ; body beneath white barred with black. 



Picus melanoleucos* Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 426. — Lath. Ind» Orn. 

 1. 227. 7. 



Buff-crested Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 558. 625. 



Twelve inches and a half in length : beak two 

 inches, and of a brownish horn-colour : the fore- 

 part of the crest black, hinder part buff-coloured : 

 beneath the crest above the eye is a black line: 

 hind part of the neck likewise black : the sides of 

 the head beneath the eye white, which colour runs 

 down on each side of the neck, and meets on the 

 middle of the back, the upper half of which is also 

 white : sides of the head and neck, lower part of 

 the back, wings, and tail brownish black : breast, 

 belly, and vent dirty white, barred transversely 

 with dusky, w r hich is the colour of the chin : legs 

 black. Is found in Surinam. 



