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proper wood to build with, he found the major part fo bored!
through with, thefe. birds,*,, that it was. unfit, for fervice.
Picas undatas, tin . Syjl. i, p, ,y^. N®ir.
Red-cheeked Woodpecker,, Ediu, vii. pi. 3324
S u u i n i n j^ E N G TH about nine inches. Bill b row n ilh from the
angles of the mouth, palling under the eyes, is a broad:
plat of red feathers: the whole bird is of a lion-colour, or
orange inclining to olive, marked with dufky bars: the legs,
are dulky.
P laces. Inhabits Guiana and Surinam. The above defcription is taken,
from Edwards, who feems to be the only one who has noticed
it-. Buff on has taken no notice of it, otherwife I fhould have.
thought it to be the following, though they feem tro differ,
much, in fize..
r e d -c h e e k e d ,
W.
Ee Pic roux, B lf.e iß y ii. !
Pic roux de Cayenne, El. enl 694, 1..
Br. Muft
HIS fpecies is fcarcely as big as a- Wryneck, but is a little-
ftouter. The bill is pale: the whole bird is of a rufous'
colour on the upper parts-: the- wings and tail feem darkeftj-
• “ Charpen-tiers fauvages.” Hiß. de Pißt E/p;. de St. Doming, par
F . Charlevoix. Paris. 1730. i. p. 2g9
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RUFOUS
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and
and the rump and back the paleft: the breaft: and belly are of
the fame colour as the upper parts, but of a ftill deeper colour:
and the whole body throughout waved with black ftreaks, in
different lhades : legs lead-colour.
The length in the PL enl. is fix inches.
Inhabits Cayenne and Guiana.
-Le petit Pic a gorge jaune, Buf. oif. vii. p, 37.
Pic a gorge jaune de Cayenne, FI. enl. 784.
r"jpHIS is the fize of the Wryneck. Bill lead-colour : the head
■ *“ and neck are yellow: the top of the head crimfon, lengthening
into a creft at the hind head : at the angles of the bill a ftreak
o f the fame : the general colour of the plumage is olive brown :
the under parts are fpotted with white, which fpots are molt
numerous at the vent: legs lead-colour.
. Inhabits Guiana.
Red-winged Woodpecker. Ind. Zool. pi. 4.
J ENGTH nine inches. • Bill dulky-blue: head of a deep dull
red colour, and crefted : on the chin a fpot of yellow : hind
.part of the neck, the back, and wing coverts, red : quills black,
marked with large fpots of white : fore part of the neck rofe-
colour : belly white: tail coverts green : tail deep blue : legs
dulky.
.. .Shot by Mr. Loten on the heights of Ja va; called by the
Malayans, Pockar., or Carpenter.
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Places,
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YELLOWHEADED
W.
D escription.
Place,
+ 7-
RED-WINGED
W,
D escription.
Plac,