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the iir s t ld ua '^ * 01l ,8' J the spurious feather very short, 
the fouri h ? u ] je . < l l ! a ^ to tilt; fifth, the second to 
c °verts are bm ^® in » longest; the smaller wing- 
deeper blaeh Wlt i l tbfi back ! the larger are of a 
wing ; s , ‘ tipped with pure white ; the spurious 
Pure whiteW de i!- P , black; tlle under wing -coverts are 
the primaries ac vl . sb a ,?"" the margin of the wing; 
“ally with whitish b aCk ’ ! i|,|,< ' d aud edged exter- 
with black tllft secondaries are whit.?, shafted 
hand, which* " • a '! acuminate, broad, subterminal 
zigzag am, , ,' n " lll " 1 ilom one to the other, takes a 
hke those of ill ti’ * " ,ad ‘ s * oul ' inches long, and, 
composed of *, . ," le woodpeckers we have examined, 
each side i, s ,'!/*. vo feathers, of which the outer on 
Pare white , v iti re *?f i , ort and inconspicuous, and 
are very acu 1 black ! baft - All the others, which 
as they aniiroacb I'P' ’ an< more acuminate, and stiffer 
t» o nfiddie one! !v e P1 ntre { aPe black > and, except the 
at li P. the outer 1 ‘ gh y i Wblt ' sh eacb side of tbc shaft 
margin ™ ter hemg also 0 f that colour on its outer 
e are dark plumbeous, the tarsus beimr 
an inch long, and feathered for a short 
are, no less than the adult, 
aace * n age, the margins of 
Margin. jr ,■ eln £ also of that colour on its outer 
SeTnftt ° f « b ? in ? 
Herfectly°“i”L 0 . f botb sexes « 
tbc feathers disanLare “f ff nc , e , in a § e > the margins of 
gdossy, a n d ait tlli . i’ nd the black becomes deep and 
f be head comes on v "P® m , ucb P urer J the scarlet of 
ai ;e found with mere] PL Sra . d . l,al, . v > so that specimens 
- * ‘ on V 1 ; e . dd,sb tlu 8 e ’ and generally 
tbe blnd neck. No such mark 
hright 1 ^dSps^r^tvlthTh’ f*?’ a “ d brcast > 
tbe back, scanulars. be %«'ers black atb, 
are 
base ; 
•e hai-l- *i * e c, with the 
black ; the sero ! ’ • ^ th ° ! nar S m of tlle wing deer, 
secondaries are white, shafted to near the 
