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LINEATED WOODPECKER. 
strong, much curved, much compressed, deep, broadly grooved on the sides, 
very acute. 
Plumage blended ; feathers on the upper aud hind part of the head linear, 
glossy, stifiish, with separated barbs, forming a broad occipital crest an inch 
in length. Wings long, much rounded; the outer six quills with the inner 
web cut out : the first very small, being only an inch and three-quarters long; 
the second two inches and five-twelfths longer ; the third eleven-twelfths 
longer ; the fourth two and a half twelfths shorter than the fifth, which is 
longest ; the fourth a little shorter than the sixth ; the third and seventh 
nearly equal ; the second shorter than the eighth. Tail rather long, cuneate, 
acuminate, of twelve feathers, the lateral only an inch and three-quarters 
long, slender and unworn, the rest pointed ; the middle feathers exceeding 
the second outer feathers by an inch and eight-twelfths. 
Bill horn-coloured, bluish toward the end, dusky at the point. Feet 
greyish-blue, claws brownish. The upper part of the head, including the 
forehead and occiput, vivid scarlet ; a narrow dusky line from the nostril to 
the eye ; a patch, including the eyelids and ear-coverts, leaden-grey ; a nar- 
row band down the hind part of the neck gradually enlarging, the back, 
wings, and tail deep black ; a band from the nostrils obliquely descending 
over the side of the head, passing backwards behind the ear, then much 
enlarged, and running down the side of the neck to the shoulder, a large 
oblique patch at the commencement of the wing, including the outer 
scapulars, the small feathers on the edge of the wing under the alula, the 
lower wing-coverts, and the inner webs of the quills for about half their 
length, pure white. There is an elongated oblong crimson patch at the base 
of the lower jaw ; the chin or fore part of the throat is yellowish-white, 
longitudinally streaked with dusky, the rest of the fore neck and a part of 
the breast black ; the lower parts and sides brownish white, transversely 
barred with black. 
Length to end of tail 15 inches ; bill along the ridge lfV, along the edge 
of lower mandible lj-f ; wing from flexure 7 a 2 2 ; tail 5 x 2 5 tarsus T V ; hind 
toe f|, its claw a| • second toe ^ its claw ; third toe 1 T V, its claw || ; 
third toe y|, its claw T V 
