PICINiE. PICUS. 
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260, 5. Picus Canadensis, Gmel. Canadian Woodpecker, 
Plate CCCCXVII. Fig. 7. Male. 
Fourth toe considerably longer than third ; fourth quill longest, fifth 
longer than second ; bristly feathers over the nostrils dull yellow ; up- 
per part of head and hind neck glossy black ; over the eye a band of 
white, continuous with a transverse band of scarlet on the occiput, 
usually interrupted in the middle ; a black band from near the bill to 
the eye, continued behind it over the auriculars, and joining the back 
of the hind neck ; beneath this a white band from the angle of the 
mouth, curving backwards below the middle of the neck, so as to meet 
the other behind ; then a narrow band of black from the base of the 
lower mandible and continuous with the black of the shoulders ; up- 
per part of the body, wings, and tail, black, feathers along the middle 
of the back tipped with white ,* wing-coverts, the anterior excepted, 
and quills spotted with the same, there being on the four longest pri- 
maries seven spots on the outer, and five on the inner webs, on most 
of the secondaries five on each web, but on the outer quill only one 
patch on each web, and on the second three spots on the outer, and 
four on the inner web ; four middle tail-feathers glossy black, the rest 
black towards the base, that colour gradually diminishing, so that the 
outermost is almost entirely white ; lower parts white. 
Extremely similar to Picus villosus, but always much larger. 
Male 3 lOJ, 17|. 
From the northern parts of New York to the Fur Countries. Com- 
mon. Migratory in winter to New York. 
Picus canadensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. v. i. p. 437. 
Picus (Dendrocopus) villosus. Hairy Woodpecker, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. 
V. ii. p. 305. 
Canadian Woodpecker, Picus canadensis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 188. 
261. 6. Picus Phillipsii, Aud. Phillips’s Woodpecker. 
Plate CCCCXVII. Figs. 5, 6. Male. 
Fourth toe a little longer than third ; fourth quill longest ; bristly 
feathers over the nostrils yellowish-white ; fore part of the head, to a 
little beyond the top, orange-yellow ; occiput and hind neck glossy 
black j over the eye a band of white passing to behind the auriculars ; 
a black band from above the angle of the mouth to the eye, and be- 
hind it, including the auriculars ; below this a white band from the 
angle of the mouth joining that over the eye ; then a narrower black 
band from the lower mandible ; upper parts black, tinged with brown 
behind ; feathers along the middle of the back tipped with white ; 
some of the wing-coverts also tipped with white, and the quills spot- 
ted with the same, there being on the four largest primaries seven 
spots on the outer, and five on the inner web ; the four middle tail- 
feathers glossy black, the rest black at the base, that colour gradually 
