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PORTORICO WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus Portoricensis.) 



P. niger, subtus coccineus,Jronte superciliis, uropygioque albis. 

 Black Woodpecker, beneath scarlet ; rump, forehead, and line 



over the eyes, white. 

 Picus Portoricensis. Shatv. Zool. Misc. 22. 

 Pic de Portorico. Baud. Ann. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. 2. 286. 57. 

 Portorico Woodpecker. Shaw. Zool. Misc. 22. 953. 



The upper parts of this bird are black, and 

 under parts bright scarlet, with the exception of 

 the rump, forehead, and a line above the eyes, 

 which are white : beak lead-coloured: legs black: 

 about ten inches in length : female not so bright 

 in colour as the male, and with the secondary- 

 quills edged with white. 



Described in the Annales de Museum d'Histoire 

 Naturelle by M. Daudin, who informs us that it 

 is a native of Portorico. 



