PICID^. 



GENUS CCXXVII.— COLAPTES, Swainson. 



Rostrum capite longius, ro- 

 tundatum,arcuatum, apice 

 cuneatum. 



Cauda mediocris ; rectricibus 

 apice bifidis. 



BeaJc longer than the head, 

 rounded, bent, its tip 

 wedged. 



Tail moderate, its Jeathers 

 bifid at the tip. 



Sp, 1 . Co. auratus. 



Picas auratus. Steph. v. ix. p. 213. pi. 36. Wils» Amer. Orn. 

 V. i. pi. ?t.f. 1 . — North America. 



Sp. 2. Co. Cafer. Steph. v. is., p. 215. — Cape of Good Hope. 

 Sp. 3. Co. oHvaceus. Steph. v. ix. p. 216. — Le Pic Laboreur. 



Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. v. yi.pl. 254. 

 Sp. 4. Co ? Capensis. 



Co.'* supra nigrescens undulis Jiavescentibus ; infrd Jlmescente 

 albus ; Jronte antice Jiisco, tunc nigro, postice coccineo; super- 

 ciliis albis; mento albo; remigium rectriciumque rnchidibus et 

 maculisjlavis. 



Colaptes ? above dusky with yellowish waves 5 beneath yellowish- 

 white ; the forehead in front brown^ then blacky and behind 

 crimson ; the eye brown-white ; chin white ; the shafts and 

 spots on the quills and tail-feathers yellow. 



Le petit Pic a baguettes d'or. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Ajriq. v. vi, 

 pi. 253. — Gold-shafted Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iii. 

 p. 411. 



Inhabits Southern Africa. Larger than Picus 

 minor : beak and legs brown : irides yellowish : fore- 

 head first brown, then black, behind elongated, and 

 crimson : over the eye a white streak : body above 

 dusky-black, with undulated yellowish-white lines : 

 chin white : cheeks dusky-white : quills spotted with 

 yellow, and yellow shafts : tail the same ; body be- 

 neath yellowish-white, dashed and mixed with dusky. 



