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FERRUGINOUS WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus cinnamomeus.) 



P ferrugineo-cinnamomeus, maculis sparsis Jlavicantibus, capitis 



crista dorsoque irifimo flams, cauda nigra. 

 Woodpecker of a ferruginous cinnamon colour, sprinkled with 



yellowish spots, with the crest of the head, and the lower part 



of the back, yellow ; tail black. 

 Picus cinnamomeus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 428. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 240.45. — Vieil. Ois. de VAmer. Sept. 2. 59. 

 Le Pic mordore. Buff. Hist, Nat. Ois. J. 34. — Vieil. Ois. de 



UAmer. Sept. 2. 59. 111. 

 Pic jaune tachete de Cayenne. Buff. Pl. Enl. 524. male. 

 Ferruginous Woodpecker. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 159. — Lath. Gen* 



Syn. 2. 592. 42. 



This most beautiful bird is about eleven inches 

 in length : beak black : head with a dark yellowish 

 cream-coloured crest: throat with a large crim- 

 son spot on each side : upper parts of the bpdy of 

 a reddish cinnamon colour, sprinkled with a few 

 yellowish-white spots : lower part of the back yel- 

 lowish ash-colour : tail and legs black : female 

 without the crimson spot on the side of the throat. 

 Found in various parts of America, particularly in 

 Guiana and Cayenne. 



v, ix. p. 1. 



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