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CAROLINA WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus carolinus. ) 



P. pileo nuchaque rubris, dorso Jasciis nigris, rectricibus mediis 

 nigro pnnctatis. 



Woodpecker with the top of the head and upper part of the 

 neck red ; back with black bands ; middle tail-feathers spotted 

 with black. 



Picus carolinus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 174. 10. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 431. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 231. 18. 

 PiGus varius jamaicensis. Briss. 4. 59. 23. 



Pic varie de la Jamaique. Buff. Hist. Nat, Ois. J. J2.—Biff. 



PI. Enl. 597. female. 

 Carolina Woodpecker. Pen. Arct. Z00L 2. Tot. — Lath. Gen. 



Syn. 2. 570. 17. 



Larger than P. major : beak black, an inch and 

 a half in length : irides hazel : the crown of the 

 head and upper part of the neck behind bright 

 red : cheeks yellowish white : throat and fore- 

 part of the neck dirty olive, which as it approaches 

 the abdomen becomes red: lower part of the belly 

 and thighs marked with transverse brown lines: 

 upper parts of the body black, with narrow trans- 

 verse whitish lines: tail black; the exterior fea- 

 ther dotted with white on the outer edge : legs 

 and claws black : female has that part of the head 

 rufous white which in the male is red. This bird 

 appears to vary in a few particulars, as in some 

 specimens the forehead and cheeks, in both sexes, 

 have been pale buff; the belly, instead of being 

 red, had only a pale yellow T ish-brown tinge j and 



