RED-CHEEKED WOODPECKER. 
alj the feathers, broader in some parts, nar- 
rower in others, as the figure best expresses. 
The tips of the quills are wholly dusky. The 
covert-feathers within-side of the wings are 
buff-coloured, without marks. The insides of 
the quills, and under side of the tail, are co- 
loured and barred as above, but not so bright. 
The tail has ten feathers. The legs, feet, and 
claws, are made as in other Wooapeekers, 
and are all of a dark ash or dusky colour. 
*' The original from whence this draught 
was taken,''' adds Edv.^ai;ds, is one of those 
curious birds in the collection of Earl Ferrers; 
and is, I suppose, a native of Terra Firm a-, 
or Guiana, in South America. I do not find 
it figured or described by Brisson,,oi; any other 
author," 
With tlie chara6leristic attention of Edwards 
to minute circumstances, he notices at the bot- 
tom of his figure, which is about the size of 
a Blackbird or 1 brush, that it was diawn 
from life, of it's natural bigness, on tlie Co- 
ronation-day of George and Charlotte,. Sep- 
tember 22, 17G1." 
It 
