nn oo W O O D P E C K E R ,
patch under the eye, both o f which were brown : the upper parts
o f the body and tail brown black, fparingly fpotted with white;
the under parts wholly white : legs blue.
25.
.+• GREEN W.
Green Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. ii. p. 577. N° 25,-~Ar£l. Zool. ii, p, 277. B.
iPicus viridis, Brun. N° 3 9 -Muller, N° 98.— Sepp. Vog. pi. in p, 43.«—»
Faun. Arag. p. 73.
'jj^ H IS fpecies frequents many parts of the continent o f Europe:
among others, the wefi of RuJJia; but difappears towards
Sibiria. Is found as high north as Lapmark, where it is
called Zhiaine *.
The egg in Sepp's plate is of a greyiih or yellowiih white,
marked with irregular lines of pale yellowiih brown.
The Jlraw-coloured fpecimen in the Leverian Mufeum was Ihot
a t Behioir-Chafe, the feat of the Duke of Rutland.
37-
PASSERINE W.
Paiferine Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. ii. p. 5^8. N^ 37,
C O M E o f thefe birds from Cayenne came under my infpeftion,
Thofe which were called males anfwered to my former deferip-
tion. One marked as a female had the crown brown, otherwife
like the male. In this laft I obferved the tail feathers to be exceedingly
worn at the ends; but in the others they were more
rounded and pliant.
* Are:. Zool.
Cayenne
f
W O O D P E C K E R ,
Cayenne Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. ii. p. 590. N° 40*
Lev. Muf.
T Obferve in fome fpecimens a crimfon ftreak on each fide o f the.
lower jaw, which is molt probably the charadteriftic of the
male bird.
Rufous Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. ii. p.594. N° 45.
T H A V E feen more than one o f this fpecies which had a ftreak
o f crimfon on each fide of the under jaw.
In a collection brought from Cayenne were others, o f an intermediate
fize between this and the Red-cheeked*. Thele had a large
patch of crimfon under the eyes, and the bars of the breaft fo
much broader than on the reft of the under parts, as to give the
appearance of a black breaft on the firft infpeflion. It feems,
therefore, not improbable that the Red-cheeked and Rufous Wood-
peckers proceed from age or fexual difference merely, and that the
prefent is a connefting variety.
Gold-winged Woodpecker, Gen..Syn. ii..p. 597; N^-49..
c A P T . Cook, in his laft voyage, found this bird at Nootka•
Sound f .
I.e Pic de Malacca, Son.Roy. Ind. ii. p. 211.
f E S S than the Green Woodpecker--. Bill b la ck: iridcs red : top
o f the head dull crimfon; the feathers long, forming a flight
fa.
H I
40.
CAYENNE W.
45-.
RUFOUS W.
49..
+-■ GOLDWINGED
W.
501 a .. -
MALACCA W..
D E S C a i P T I O N . .
* N? 44,
3
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