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MISSOURI RED-MOUSTACHED WOODPECKER. 
same, but there exists some difference in its notes. The bill is considerably 
less curved, and the markings, though much like those of the latter, differ in 
the rounded spots that ornament the lower part of the body, arermuch less 
in size, and incline downward, instead of being placed crossways ; and 
although the third quill is the longest in both, in the present species, the 
first is much shorter. 
I have named this handsome bird after my young and learned friend W. 
0. Ayres, Esq., who is well known to science as an excellent ichthyologist ; 
and who also is well conversant with the birds of our country. 
Missouri Red-Moustached Woodpecker, Ficus Ayresii, Aud. 
121 , 20 . 
Valleys and ravines of the prairies of the Upper Missouri. 
In the Adult Male, the upper part of the head, cheeks, throat downward 
to near the black patch, of an iron-grey tinged with reddish-buff ; lores 
and around the eye brighter ; a transverse very narrow band of carmine 
on the hind neck ; back, scapulars, and secondaries light reddish-brown, 
tinged with dull green, transversely spotted with black ; rump white ; tail 
coverts white, with black markings ; primaries and tail feathers blackish- 
brown, the shafts yellow. A red moustache or streak on each side of the 
throat from the edge of the lower mandible ; lower parts reddish-white, 
and spotted with black, as well as a large semilunar patch on the fore part 
of the breast ; lower surface of quills and tail feathers yellow, the latter 
black toward the end. 
The female is similar to the male, somewhat smaller, but without the red 
patch or moustache on the sides of the throat. 
Bill to end of tail 12 T 7 f inches ; alar extent 20 ; wing from flexure 675 - ; 
bill along the ridge 1 J, along the edge rather more than 11 ; tarsus li ; 
middle toe 1 , its claw I ; hind toe f, its claw § ; tail 4f. 
