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ENCENADA WOODPECKER, 

 (Picus variegatus.) 



P 4 capite subcristato, lateribus rubro notato, corpore supra trans* 

 versim subtus longitudinaliter fusco alboque vario, genis albis. 



Woodpecker with a slightly crested head, spotted on the sides 

 with red; body above transversely, beneath longitudinally 

 varied with fuscous and white ; cheeks white. 



Picus variegatus. Lath. Ind. Oriu 1. 233. 22. 



Picus bicolor. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 438. 



Pic varie de la Encenada. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. f. 74. — Buff. 



PI. Enl. 748. f. 1. mas. 

 Encenada Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 575. 21. 



This is one of the most beautiful of the Wood- 

 pecker tribe, and is in length about six inches: 

 beak lead-coloured : irides white : prevailing co- 

 lours grey brown and white, irregularly blended 

 together, mixed transversely on the upper part, 

 and perpendicularly on the under : head slightly 

 crested, and varied with crimson on the sides, 

 which are white, and incline to brown beneath 

 the eye : quills brown, spotted with white : legs 

 lead-coloured : female with the whole of the head 

 brown, and without the crest. 



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