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BANDED THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. 
Bill bluish-black, the lowei' mandible greyish-blue, as are the feet, the 
scutella and claws black. Iris bluish-black. The general colour of the 
upper parts is deep glossy black, the head with blue reflections, the back 
with green. Crown of the head yellow, tinged with orange- Quills black- 
ish-brown, the outer primaries with seven rows of white spots. Two middle 
tail-feathers black, two next of the same colour, but with three cream- 
coloured spots on the edge of the outer web towards the end ; two next 
black at the base, cream-coloured towards the end, black at the tip ; two 
next cream-coloured, with little black at the base, and a mere touch of black 
on the tip ; two next of the same colour., with very little black at the base ; 
the two outermost, which are very short, rounded, and generally concealed, 
barred with black a^d cream-colour. A white band from the base of the 
mandible passes under the eye, and there is a very slender line of the same 
behind it. Throat, fore neck, and anterior part of the breast, white ; the rest 
of the under parts also white, but barred with black. 
Length 10£ inches, extent of wings 16 ; bill along the ridge 1 T 2 2, along the 
edge yV ; tarsus }T, middle toe and claw hind toe and claw li. 
Adult Female. 
The female wants the yellow patch on the crown of the head, and has the 
line of white behind the eye rather more conspicuous, but in other respects 
resembles the male. 
BANDED THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. 
Pic us hirsutus, Vieill . 
PLATE CCLXIX. — Male and Female. 
The difference between this bird and that described under the name of 
Picus tridactylus was unknown to me until clearly pointed out by the 
minute and accurate description of Mr. Swainsox in the Fauna Boreali- 
Americana. Indeed I had looked upon it as the young of the species just 
mentioned. Not having met with it myself, I can only refer you to the 
very short notice of Dr. Richardson, who says : “ This bird exists in all the 
forests of spruce-fir lying between Lake Superior and the Arctic Sea, and it 
is the most common Woodpecker north of the Great Slave Lake. It much 
