GOLDEN-TAILED WOODPECKER. 159 
the nape crimson, the occiput being crested : the 
general cast of the upper plumage is of a cinereous- 
olive, varied with short transverse bands and spots 
of an olive-white : each of the underscapular fea- 
thers has one band and a terminal spot : the wings 
are the same, but with a fulvous tinge ; and each 
quill feather has from five to six spots on the mar- 
gin of the outer web, and their shafts are brownish- 
yellow : the tail-feathers are yellowish-brown with 
about six bars, interrupted only by the shafts, 
which are of a bright golden-yellow, while the inner 
surface of the shafts of the quill-feathers is the same, 
but paler : the sides of the head, ears, and chin are 
white spotted with black ; the male has a red max- 
illary stripe not seen in the female : the ground co- 
lour of the under plumage is white, tinged 
with yellowish in the male : each feather 
from the breast downwards has a double 
stripe of black down the shafts, of this 
form ; but the upper spot is not seen on the 
feathers of the body and belly ; the female has the 
belly and vent almost unspotted : bill and feet 
blackish : the black spots on the middle of the 
throat are largest, and are almost round, while 
those on the flanks assume the appearance only of 
narrow stripes : the tips of all the tail-feathers are 
golden. 
Total length 8 inches ; bill from the gape, l-j’j ; 
wings, 4 j 2 5 ; tail beyond, j 7 5 ; ditto from the base, 
3; tarsus, 
