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PHILIPPINE WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus Philippinarum.) 



F.Jusco-viridis cristatus, subtus albo nigroque maculatus, uropygio 



rubro, rectricibus maculis duabus albis. 

 Brown-green crested Woodpecker, beneath spotted with black 



and white ; rump red ; tail-feathers with two white spots. 

 Picus Philippinarum. Lath. Ind. Orn, 1. 236. 30. 

 Palalaca, ou Pic vert tachete des Philippines. Buff. Hist, Nat. 



Ois. 7. 21. 



Pic verd des Philippines. Buff. PL Enl. 6Q1. 

 Bengal Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 1. 581. 26. B. 



About eleven inches in length: beak black: 

 irides red : head crested : the throat, fore-part of 

 the neck, breast, and belly white ; each feather 

 margined with black : upper tail-coverts of a bright 

 red : tail black brown, with a white spot on each 

 web, forming a band of that colour when the tail 

 is extended : rest of the body of a shining brown : 

 legs black. 



Called Palalaca by the natives of Luzonia, of 

 which place it is an inhabitant : it is said to make 

 a great noise with its beak, so as to be heard above 

 a quarter of a mile distance. 



