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MALACCA WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus malaccensis.) 



P. cristatus, pileo humerisque coccineis, gula juguloque rujb Jlavis^ 

 corpore subtus albo nigroque fasciato, cauda nigra. 



Crested Woodpecker, with the crown and shoulders crimson ; 

 the throat and jugulum reddish yellow ; body beneath barred 

 with black and white, and the tail black. 



Picus malaccensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 241. 51. 



Le Pic de Malacca. Son. Voy. Ind. 2. 211. 



Malacca Woodpecker. Lath. Syn. Sup. 111. 



Described by Sonnerat in his Voyage to India, 

 who says it is a native of Malacca : it is less than 

 P. viridis : beak black : irides red : crown dull 

 crimson, and slightly crested : throat and fore- 

 parts of the neck rufous yellow : breast, belly, and 

 vent rufous white, striated with black bands : the 

 back dirty reddish grey : lesser wing-coverts crim- 

 son : quills dusky red on the outer, and brown 

 with white spots on the inner webs : rump green- 

 ish yellow, with black bands : tail black ; the fea- 

 thers very stiff, and the shafts prominent: legs 

 black. 



