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MAHRATTA WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus Mahrattensis.) 



P. niger alho varius, subtus Jiiscus mnculatus, uropygio aibo, ab* 



domine medio rubro. 

 Black Woodpecker varied with white, beneath spotted with 



brown ; rump white ; abdomen red in the middle. 

 Picus Mahrattensis. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. XXXI. 3. 

 Mahratta Woodpecker. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 142. f. 



This bird, which is preserved in the British 

 Museum, is rather larger than P. minor : the head 

 is yellow brown : white on each side the nape : 

 upper parts of the body black, spotted with white : 

 the chin and all the under parts pale brown* with 

 darker streaks down the middle of each feather : 

 middle of the belly red : rump white : quills and 

 tail black, spotted with white : the outer tail-fea- 

 ther with three white spots : said to have been 

 brought from the Mahratta country in India. 



v. ix. p. 1. 



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