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CARDINAL WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus Cardinalis.) 



P. albo nigroque varius, subtus albus maculis oblongis nigris, 



lateribus colli vitta utrinque alba, vertice nuchaque rubris. 

 Woodpecker varied with black and white ; beneath white with 



oblong black spots ; both sides of the neck with a white stripe ; 



crown and top of the neck red. 

 Picus Cardinalis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 438.-~~Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



233. 23. 



Pic Cardinal de Lugon. Son. Voy. 72. 35. 



Le grand Pic varie de Lugon. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois, 7> $7* 



Cardinal Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 5J6. 22. 



Length about thirteen inches : beak blackish : 

 crown and hind part of the head bright red ; a 

 white stripe reaching from the eyes to the wings : 

 throat, breast, and belly white, marked with longi- 

 tudinal black spots : sides and back of the neck 

 with the back and wing-coverts black, the feathers 

 fringed with white : quills and tail black, with 

 yellow shafts ; primary quills spotted with yellow 

 on the edges, secondaries transversely barred with 

 white : tail spotted : legs blackish. Inhabits the 

 Island of Luzonia : described by Sonnerat. 



