PICID^. 



GENUS CCXXX.—TRIDACTYLIA Mihi. 



Rostrum polyedrum, rec- 

 tum, apice cuneatum. 



Nares pennis setaceis recum- 

 bentibus obtectae. 



Pedes tridactyli. 

 PicoiDEs, Lacepede. 



BeaJc many-sided, straight, 

 its tip wedged. 



Nostrils covered with re- 

 cumbent setaceous fea- 

 thers. 



Feet three-toed. 



Sp. 1, Tr. hirsuta. Steph. v. ix. p. 219. pi. 38. — The north and 

 east of Europe. 



Sp. 2. Tr. undulata. Steph. v.ix.p. 220. — Cayenne. 



Sp. 3. Tr? Tiga. 



Tr.'' cristatus sup7'd aurantio-mridi nitens ; pileo, nucha, cervice, 

 uropygioque, coccineis; subtus albo nigroque varius; caudd 

 fuliginoso concolore. 



Crested TridactyUa } above of a glossy golden-green ; with the 

 pileus, nape, cervix^ and rump, crimson ; beneath varied with 

 black and white ; the tail smoky and uniform. 



Picus Tiga. Linn. Trans. (Horsf.) v. xiii. p. 1 77- — Tiga Wood- 

 pecker. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iii. p. 416. 



Inhabits Java. Length eight inches and a half: 

 head crested : plumage above green glossed with 

 orange : crown, nape, back of the neck, and rump, 

 crimson : sides of the head and fore part of the neck 

 white, streaked longitudinally with fine black and 

 white lines : under parts of the body varied with 

 black and white, and black on the breast : the sca- 

 pulars very deep, but paler on the belly : quills and 

 tail soot-colour : the former fasciated with white : 

 the latter plain. 



