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Pi. cristatus crista, capite, mystacibusque cinnabarinis ; regione 

 aurium pennis albido nigroque lineatis ; corpore supra rufes- 

 cente-nigro ; infra nigro rufoque transversim strigato. 



Crested Woodpecker with the crest^ head, and whiskers vermi- 

 lion, the region of the ears striped with black and whitish j the 

 body above reddish-black; beneath transversely striped with 

 black and red. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length eleven inches: an elegant 

 crest adorns the head ; this, as also the head itself, 

 and a kind of whisker on the cheeks, are bright ver- 

 milion : over the ears the feathers are striped with 

 black and whitish lines : the throat is reddish-white : 

 this colour is extended in the form of two broad bands 

 on the sides of the neck, also on the inner surface of 

 the wings, and on the under tail-coverts : the breast 

 is black spotted with reddish : the rest of the under 

 parts are striped at equal distances with bands of 

 black and bright reddish : the back, wings, and tail 

 are black slightly tinged with reddish : the inner 

 webs of the quills are bright red : the beak is bluish 

 at the base and white at the tip : the legs are ash- 

 colour. 



Sp. 31. Pi. affinis. Swain. Zool. Illust. v. ii. pi. 78. 



Pi. supra aureofuscus; subtus pallidiis,fasciis nigris transversis 

 ornatus ; capite fin maribus) rubro; nucha colloque supra 

 aureis; tectricibus secundis fuho maculatis ; caudd nigrd,fasciis 

 fulvis ornatd. 



Woodpecker above golden-brown ; beneath pale, with transverse 

 black bands ; with the head (in the male) red ; the nape and 

 neck above golden ; the secondary coverts spotted with yellow ; 

 the tail black, adorned with fulvous bands. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length about seven inches : 

 beak blackish horn-colour : the feathers on the upper 



