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PICIN^. 
PICUS. 
diminishino', so that the outermost is entirely white ; lower parts 
white. 
Male, lOi; wing-^ 5. 
Massachusetts. Very rare. 
Phillips’s Woodpecker, Pieus Phillipsii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 18C. 
262. 7. Picus Martinae, Aud. Maria’s Woodpecker. 
Plate CCCCXVII. Fig.-l. Male. Fig. 2. Female. 
F ourth toe slightly longer than third ; fourth quill longest, third 
longer than fifth ; tufts of bristly feathers over the nostrils dull yellow ; 
upper part of head scarlet ; forehead and occiput black ; a band of 
white over the eye ; a black band from the bill to the eye, continued 
behind it over the auriculars, and joining the black of the hind neck ; 
beneath this a band of white from the angle of the mouth, curving 
backwards below the middle of the neck, so as almost to meet its 
fellow behind ; then a band of black from the base of the lower man- 
dible, and continuous with the black of the shoulders ; upper parts 
black ; feathers along the middle of the back tipped with white ; wing- 
coverts and quills spotted with the same, there being on the four 
longest primaries seven spots on the outer, and four on the inner web, 
on most of the secondaries five on each web, but on the outer quill 
only one patch on each web, and on the second four spots on the 
outer, and three on the inner web ; four middle tail-feathers glossy 
black, the next black on the inner web, and on the greater part of the 
outer toward the base, the rest black only at the base, the two outer 
being almost entirely white ; lower parts white, tinged with grey, and 
a little red, the sides faintly mottled with dusky grey. 
Male, 9 1^2 ; wing, 4^^!. 
A pair found at Toronto, Upper Canada. 
Maria’s Woodpecker, Picus Martinae, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 181. 
263. 8. Picus Harrisii, Aud. Harris’s Woodpecker. 
Plate CCCCXVII. Fig. 8. Male. Fig. 9. Female. 
Fourth toe considerably longer than third; fourth quill longest, fifth 
longer than second ; bristly feathers over the nostrils dull yellow, with 
the tips black ; upper part of the head and hind neck glossy black ; 
over the eye a band of white, continuous with a transverse scarlet 
band on the occiput ; a black band in the loral space continued behind 
the eye over the auriculars, and joining the black of the hind neck ; 
beneath is a band of white, from the angle of the mouth, curving back- 
ward below the middle of the neck, but without meeting the other ; 
then a band of black from the base of the lower mandible, and conti- 
nuous with the black of the hind neck and shoulders ; upper parts 
