5f S W O O D P E C K E R .
■ RED-NECKED
W.
Le Pic a cou rouge, Buf. o if vii. p. 53.
Grand Pic huppé à tête rouge de Cayenne, PL en!. 612.
Lev. Mu/,
.De s c r ip t io n , / j P 'H E le n g th pf th is b ird is fix te en in che s . T h e b il l is o f a
p a le c o lo u r : th e w h o le head and n e c k , as fa r as th e b r e a d ,
are c r im fon : th e b a c k p a r t o f th e h ead is orefted : th e b a c k , w in g s ,
an d ta il, are o f a d e ep b r o w n , w i th a l i t t le m ix tu r e o f c r e am -
c o lo u r on th e w in g s : th e u n d e r p a r t s are o f a d e e p c r e am - c o lo u r :
th e le g s le a d - c o lo u r .
Pl a c e , T h e a b o v e d e fc r ip t io n tv a s ta k en from a fine fp e c im e n in th e
Leverian Mufeum, fa id to h a v e c om e from Cayenne., Buffon ca lls
th e c o lo u r o f the u n d e r p ar ts o f his b ird fu lv o u s , and fay s it a lfo
c am e from Cayenne. T h e d iffe ren c e is t r iflin g ; p e rh ap s th e v a r
ia t io n m a y ar ife from d iffe ren c e o f fex .
•6.
BUFFCRESTED
W.
P l . XXV.
D escr ip t io n ;
Lev, Mu/,
T E N G T H tw e lv e inches and a h a lf. B i l l tw o in c h e s , and o f a
b row n ilh h o rn -c o lo u r . T h e w h o le h e ad is c r e fte d , th e fo r e
.part o f w h ic h is b l a c k ; th e h in d e r p a r t b u f f - c o lo u r e d : u n d e r th e
c r e f t , a b o v e th e e y e , is a lin e o f b la c k : th e h in d p a r t o f th e
n e c k , u n d e r th e c r e ft, is likew-ife b la c k : th e fid e o f th e h e ad , u n d
e r th e e y e , is w h ite , w h ich runs d ow n in a lin e on ea ch fid e th e
n e c k , and m e e ts b eh in d a t th e b a c k , th e u p p e r h a l f o f w h ic h is
lik ew ife w h ite * low e r p a r t o f th e b a c k b row n b la c k : as are th e
iid e s o f the h e ad and n e c k , w in g s and ta il : th e ch in is d u fk y ;
b rea ft,