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PICIDiE. 



outer white, with a longitudinal white streak on the 

 former near the end ; and two black spots on the 

 latter : legs black. The female differs in having the 

 crimson spot on each side of the nape much smaller, 

 or altogether wanting. 



Sp. 26. Pi. Carolinus, Steph. v, ix. jo. 152.— Red-bellied Wood- 

 pecker. Wils. Amer. Orn. v. i.pl. T.f. 2. — Carolina. 



Sp. 27. Pi. flavicans. Steyh. v. ix. 202. pi. 35.**^*— Cayenne. 



Sp. 28. Pi. icterocephalus. Steph. v. ix. p. 191. pL 35.*** — 

 Cayenne. 



Sp. 29. Pi. aurulentus. Jllig. Temm. PL Col. 59. f. 1. 



Pi. viridis infra albido viridoque Jasciatus; vertice occipiteque 

 rvfis; mails strigis duabus aureis et uno viridescente ; guld 

 pallide Jlava. 



Green Woodpecker beneath striped with whitish and greeny with 

 the top of the head and occiput red ; the cheeks with two golden 

 and one greenish stripe ; the throat pale yellow. 



Inhabits Paraguay and Brazil. Length scarce 

 eight inches and a half : the top of the head, the 

 occiput, and nasal bristles are fine red : on the cheeks 

 are two golden and one greenish stripe : the throat 

 is light yellow : all the upper parts are green : the 

 tail is long and black : the inner webs of the quills 

 are marked with large red spots : the under parts 

 of the body are equidistantly striped with alternate 

 bands of green and yellowish-white : the beak and 

 legs are black. The female differs in wanting the red 

 on the head and on the nasal bristles ; she and the 

 young have the top of the head of a reddish-golden- 

 green 5 the occiput red, and the bristles green. 



Sp. 30. Pi. galeatus. Temm. PI Col. 17 1. 



