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MINUTE WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus minutus.) 



P. griseo-riifus, subtus albidus fusco undulatus, vertice rubro, oe- 



cipite nigra, lateribus capitis albo maculatis. 

 Reddish-grey Woodpecker, beneath white, with brown waves ; 



crown red ; hind head black; the sides of the head spotted with 



white. 



Picus minutus. Lath. Lid. Orn. 1. 243. 55. 



Picus cayanensis minor. Briss. 4. 83. 32. 



Yunx minutissimus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 423. 



Le tres-petit Pic de Cayenne. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7> 37* — 



Buff. PI. Enl. 786. 1. 

 Minute Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 48. 



This species is the smallest of the genus, being 

 only three inches and a half in length : beak 

 black : crown of the head red : back of the head 

 black, spotted with white : sides of the head brown, 

 likewise spotted with white : the upper parts of 

 the body dirty greyish rufous : under parts grey- 

 ish white : the feathers margined with brown : 

 quills and tail brown, with paler edges : legs 

 brown: female is said to want the red crown. 

 Native of Cayenne. 



