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YELLOW-CRESTED WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus flavescens.) 



P. niger Jlavo-fosciatus, capite crista dependente, gula genis cer- 

 viceque Jlavis. 



Black Woodpecker fasciated with yellow ; head with a long de- 

 pendent crest, which, with the throat, cheeks, and top of the 

 neck is yellow. 



Picus flavescens. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 427- — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 

 23(). 42. 



Yellow-crested Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 5&Q. 39« 



The Yellow-crested Woodpecker is a native of 

 Brasil, and is about the size of a Jackdaw : head 

 with a very long pale yellow crest : throat, cheeks, 

 and upper part of the neck, yellow : wings and 

 back black, transversely striated with broad bars 

 of light yellow : belly and tail black : thighs and 

 lesser wing- coverts pale yellow : tail-co verts bright 

 yellow : legs dark green. 



