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RED-WINGED WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus miniatus.) 



P. obscure ruber, capite cristato, jugulo roseo, abdomine albo, re" 

 migibus nigris albo maculatis, rectricibus cyaneis. 



Dull red Woodpecker, with a crested head ; jugulum rose-co- 

 loured ; abdomen white ; quills black, with white spots ; tail- 

 feathers blue. 



Picus miniatus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. l. 432. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 

 241. 50. 



Red-winged Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 595. 27. 



This curious bird is nine inches in length : beak 

 dusky blue : head crested, and of a dull red co- 

 lour : hind part of the neck, back, and wing- 

 coverts, red : quills black, marked with large 

 white spots : chin with a yellow spot : fore-part 

 of the neck rose-colour : belly white : tail dark 

 blue ; its coverts green : legs dusky. Taken on 

 the heights of Java, and called by the Malayans, 

 Tockar. 



