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RUFOUS WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus rufus.) 



P. rufus nigro undulatus, alls cauda corporeque subtus satura* 

 tioribus. 



Rufous Woodpecker undulated with black, with the wings, tail, 



and body beneath darkest. 

 Picus rufus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 432. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



241. 48. 



Pic roux. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. ZQ.—Buff. PI. Enl. 694. 1/ 



Rufous Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 594. 



j3. pectore nigro, sub oculis macula magna coccinea. 



With the breast black, and a large crimson spot beneath the eyes. 



Picus rufus |3. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 241. 48. 



Rufous Woodpecker. Lath. Syn. Sup. 111. b. 



This bird is very similar to the preceding, and 

 may eventually prove to be merely a variety : it 

 is entirely of a rufous colour ; darkest on the 

 breast and belly, rather lighter on the wings and 

 tail, and lightest on the back and rump : the whole 

 body is waved with black streaks : beak pale : male 

 with a crimson streak on each side the jaw : legs 

 lead-coloured. 



Dr. Latham mentions a variety which appears 

 to connect this and the foregoing species together, 

 as it is of an intermediate size between the two ; 

 the principal difference appears to be in the bars 

 on the breast being so very broad as to give it the 

 appearance at first sight of being black ; it has 

 likewise a very large patch of crimson beneath 

 the eyes : this and the preceding variety occur in 

 Cayenne and Guiana. 



