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VARIED WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus tricolor.) 



P. niger, striis transversis albis, pectore abdomineque rubris. 

 Black Woodpecker, with transverse white striae; breast and 

 abdomen red. 



Picus tricolor. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 437. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 

 230. 16. 



Picus varius mexicanus major. Briss. 4. 57« 21. 

 Picus varius mexicanus minor. Briss. 4. 5Q. 22. 

 L'Epeiche du mexique. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. J. 70. 

 Varied Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 568. 15. 



Length of this species about nine inches : beak 

 one inch, and white : head, upper part of the neck, 

 back, rump, upper tail-coverts and quills of a most 

 beautiful black, varied with white : body beneath 

 white ; reddish on the breast and abdomen : a 

 whitish line above the eye : wings reaching nearly 

 to the middle of the tail, which is black, and about 

 four inches in length. Said to inhabit the colder 

 parts of Mexico. 



