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YOUNG YELLOW-BELLIED WOODPECKER. 
PIC VS VARIUS. 
Plate VIII. Fig. 1, 2. 
See Wilson’s American Ornithology , I, p. 147, PI. 9, fig. 2, for the adult, and history. 
Pious varius , Linn. Syst. I, p. 176, Sp. 20. Gmel. Syst. I, p. 438, Sp. 20. Lath. Ind. 
p. 232, Sp. 21. Vieill. Ois. de VAm. Sept. II, p. 63, PI. 118, adult male; PI. 119, 
very young. 
Picus varius carolinensis , Briss. Av. IV, p. 62, Sp. 24. 
Picus varius minor , ventre luteo, the Yellow-bellied Woodpecker , Catesby, Carolina , I, 
p. 21, PI. 21, left figure, adult male. Bartr. Trav. p. 291. 
Epeiche ou Pic. varie de la Caroline , Buff. Ois. VII, p. 77. PI. Enl. 785, adult male. 
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker , Penn. Arct. Zool. Sp. 166. Lath. Syn. I, p. 574, Sp. 20. 
Philadelphia Museum , No. 2004, adult Male; No. 2005, adult Female. 
My Collection , young and variety. 
As Wilson’s history of this well known Woodpecker is complete, 
and his description obviously discriminates the sexes and young, 
we shall refer the reader entirely to him for information on those 
points. The present bird is introduced on account of its anoma¬ 
lous plumage; for, although the colour of the head is but slightly 
advanced towards its red tint, having only two or three reddish 
points visible on the forehead, yet the patch on the breast is quite 
as obvious as it is found in the adult state. In young birds of the 
first and second years, this patch is usually obsolete, the breast 
being chiefly dusky-gray, although the crown is entirely red. 
The specimen before us, possibly exhibiting one of the periodical 
states of plumage of this changeable bird, is the only one we have 
been able to procure, amongst a great number of the young of 
