RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER. 
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S®nus ; eye, dark hazel. The female wants the red on 
^l>e hind head, having; that part white ; and the breast 
®nd belly are of a dirty n hite. 
This, and the two former species, are ffenerally deiio- 
**'>nated sap-suckers. They have also several other 
P'’ovincial appellations, equally absurd, which it may, 
P<^rhaps, be more proper to suppress than to sanction 
**y repeating. 
ricus QUEltULVS, WILSON. RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER. 
WILSON, PLATE XV. FIG. I. 
This new species I first discovered in the pine woods 
Korth Carolina. The singularity of its voice, which 
^'■■eatly resembles the chirping of young nestlings, and 
red streak on the side of its head, suggested the 
5>ecific name I have given it. It also extends through 
^'•nth Carolina and Georgia, at least, as far as the 
ptaniaha river. Observing the first specimen I found, 
® be .so slightly marked with red, I suspected it to be 
^ young bird, or imperfect in its plumage ; but, the 
P®at numbers I afterw ards shot, satisfied me that this 
® peculiarity of the species. It appeared exceedingly 
j.’*'*tless, active, and clamorous ; and every where I 
"’•"d its manners the same. 
..Tills bird seems to be an intermediate link between 
1 0 red-bellied .and the hairy n'oodpecker. It has the 
cf former, and the white belly and spotted 
of the latter; but wants the breadth of red in 
'‘•h. and is less than either. 
.1 .This woodpecker is .seven inches and a half long, and 
Ir’^een broad ; the upper part of the head is black ; 
back barred with twelve white transversely semi- 
JJ''=ular lines, and as many of black, alternately ; the 
.I**eks and sides of the neck arc white ; whole loiver 
*“*■18 the same ; from the lower mandible, a list of black 
l^'^ses towards the shoulder of the wing, where it is lost 
small black spots on each side of the breast; the 
