BLACK-SPECKLED WOODPECKER. 165 
and of which there are on some feathers two, and on 
others (as the interscapulars) three ; the whole up- 
per part of the head, in the male, is crimson, conti- 
nued to the occiput, which is crested ; and in this 
sex there is a red maxillary stripe. The sides of the 
head are whitish and the ears crimson ; the latter 
have a few black specks. The whole of the under 
plumage, from the throat downwards, is straw-co- 
loured yellow, pale on the belly, deepest on the 
breast, and nearly white on the chin and sides of the 
neck ; upon this colour there are numerous black 
dots, none bigger than a pin’s head, scattered on the 
throat and its sides, and on the breast and flanks, 
very few on the chin, and none on the middle of the 
body, or on the belly ; these spots are larger and 
paler on the flanks, and on the sides of the neck, 
towards the hack, they change into little transverse 
bands ; on the breast there are about five on each 
feather. Quills banded externally with narrow ful- 
vous white bars on the outer webs ; tail brownish- 
orange, with about seven dusky bars across both 
webs. Shafts of the primary quills and tail-feathers 
golden-orange, the latter by much the brightest. 
The female is especially distinguished by having 
one half of the top of the head deep black, with a 
milk-white stripe down the shaft of each feather ; 
the hind crest is as long as that of the male, but the 
maxillary stripe is -whitish, with a round black spot 
near the tip of each feather. 
Total length, 9 inches ; bill, from the gape, ; 
wings, 4/g; tail, from the base, tarsus, nearly T 8 3 . 
