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CAPE WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus cafer.) 



P. supra Juscus, subtus vinaceus, maculis rotundis nigris, alis sub' 

 tus scapisque remigum et rectricum miniaceis. 



Woodpecker above fuscous, beneath reddish, with black round- 

 ish spots; wings beneath, and the shafts of the quills and tail- 

 feathers, bright red. 



Picus cafer. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 431. — Lath, Ind. Orn. 1. 

 242. 53. 



Gold- winged Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 599. 49. A. 



This bird is extremely like P. auratus, but is 

 rather less: beak similar to it in make, but 

 brown : on each side of the jaw a crimson streak : 

 upper part of the plumage brown ; lower part vi- 

 naceous, with black spots : shafts of the quills and 

 tail red: the under parts of the wings pale red: 

 tail black, pointed, each feather bifid at the tip : 

 legs and claws brown. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



