^AYEKijE SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 
" The bill is black, ben^ling a licile down- 
ward at the point : at the basis of the upper 
mandible are a few black bristles, pointing for- 
ward over the nostrils. The forehead, and 
the throat for more than an inch deep, is ca- 
vered with fine scarlet feathers. The hinder 
part of the crown of the head is yellow, with 
some black intermixed. The sides of the neck, 
from the hinder corners of the eye downward, 
are grey^ or a mixture, rather, of black and 
white. A dusky line passes from the angle of 
the mouth to the eye. The neck behind, back, 
rump, and the wings without-side, are of a 
dark dusky colour, the feathers being edged 
with an olive igreen ; and, in the row of co- 
verts next above the quills, each feather has a 
yellowish spot on it's outer web. The covert- 
feathers within-side of the wings are of a yel- 
lowish white. The insides of the quills, and 
Hnder-side of the tail^ are of an ash-coloui^d 
brown. The tail has ten feathers, of a dark 
brown or dusky colour on their upper sides ; 
the midillemost the longest, which j;raduallv 
shorten toward the sides : thev are soft at their 
ends, and not worn by climbing on the barks 
of trees. I'he breast, belly, thighs, and covert- 
feathers 
