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PHILLIPS’ WOODPECKER. 
slender, of about 12 half rings. The contractor muscles are moderate ; the 
sterno-tracheals come off close to the inferior larynx, which is destitute of 
muscles. 
PHILLIPS’ WOODPECKER. 
Picus Phillipsii, Aud . 
PLATE CCLIX.— Males. 
The only ."Specimen of this beautiful Woodpecker that I have seen, an 
adult male, was sent to me by my friend Mr. Nuttall, who procured it in 
the State of Massachusetts. Nothing is known as to its habits. In naming 
it after my friend Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S., I have the pleasure 
of testifying my esteem and gratitude towards one whose kindness and 
generosity has often been experienced by me and every member of my 
family. The beauty of this bird has induced me to give two figures of it, 
by which its form and markings may be better seen. 
Phillips’ Woodpecker, Picus Phillipsii , Aud. Orn. Biog\, vol. v. p. 186 . 
Male, 101 ; wing, 5 
Massachusetts. Very rare. 
Adult Male. 
Bill about the length of the head, straight, strong, angular, compressed 
toward the tip, which is pointed. Upper mandible with the dorsal line 
straight, the ridge very narrow, the sides sloping and flat, the lateral angle 
half-way between the ridge and the edge at the base, and running out upon 
the latter about two-thirds of its length, the edges sharp and'overlapping, 
the tip acuminate. Lower mandible with the angle short and rather wide, 
the dorsal line straight, the ridge narrow, the sides convex toward the edges, 
which are sharp and inflected, the tip acuminate. Nostrils oblong, basal, 
concealed by the feathers, and placed near the margin. 
Head large, ovate ; neck rather short ; body full. Feet very short ; tarsus 
short, compressed, feathered anteriorly more than one-third down, scutellate 
in the rest of its extent, and with a series of large scales behind ; toes four ; 
