YOHNG RED-HEADEl) WOODPECKER.
PIOUS ERYTHROGEPHALUS.
Plate X*V. F,igv>SI
See.^WiiiSON’s American Ornithology, V-ol. I, p. 142j PI. 9, Pig. 1, for the adult.
Pieua erythrocephalus, Lixn. Syst. I, p. 174, Sp. 7. Mus. Adolph. Frid. II,
Biuss. Om. IV, p. 52, Sp. l,9,vP^^^Fig.,L. Id. ,8vo. II,
p. 429,JSo-'l- B ohowsk, JV*at. I I , p.- 1 8 6 ^ p . 4. L ath. Ind.jp. 22.7,-Sp.*9, adult.
Vebill. Ois. Am. Sept. II, p. 6Q, PI. 112, adi^tj ' PI. Xl3, young^
Ficus'oVicwrus, G?ebl,. Syst. I, p. 429. La.tb.JiuL pr2Sf8, Sp. 11, yolffiE ’
Ficii8 capite toto rubro, the Fed-headed Woodpecker, Oatesby, Car. 1,1*1} 20, adult.
Ficus capite colloque rubris, Kueis, Av. p. 28, Sp. 12, adult. ■
Picus capite toto rubro, Kaum, It. I ll, PI. 43, adult.
Ficchio di testa rosso, Storia dcgli. Ucc. PI. 170, adult.
Pic noir & domino rouge, Bote. Ois."VII, p. 55, adult,, t.
Tic A Pirginie, Burr. Pi. enl. 117, adult.
Pic tricolor, Yieiix.- 1. c. adult stod^yumg* |
Fed-headed Woodpecker, P enn. Arct. Zool. Sp. 100. K ami, Trav. (Angl.) II, p. 86.
' jLath. Synop. II, p. 561, adult.
White-rumped Woodpecker, L ath. Syn. H,.p<;46§,'Spi 10, young.
T he state in which the common Redvheaded Woodpecker Is
her,e represented,thas-given rise-to a nomihahsp'ecles; and it is in
fa^feisotdifficnlt to re c o g a s ^ lp r^ h it birjfe-thhtplFe haveShought
proper, jafter the example of Vieillot,*fep give an e?-act’*figure of
it. We feel, ino diffidence in afiirining,^that ^in *this,! thipllgh
the exertions of Messrs. Rider and Lawson, we have ^ fully’
succeeded; and it will perhaps . be aUdsved to »he the best reprd#
sentation o f. a bir,d ever engraved. We^have nothing to add to
Wilson’s excellent account, of the ^manners of this very comrrion
and or limi^QU^^y^sto'Ahe description of
.th&you^ ad
y id ltg ^ a n d a ^ e n te ^n^lb b 'e si. in fc#te0^| is e s h 'o r t^ d
|$j|J*e*,eigh Lh flength : the
W P J i f | $ ' h e > j i d , ^ horp
,-c0lqd^,-whi«'§h ai^l.e|0en©£ith; the s e th c ^ R ^ a ^ e ^ c p v e r in g
1 jft^^pstiilsfa.rej^eny short,- ^ixdj4o^thiek,^^nS'gtay*|ipped';with4
^the'^f^ole. head, fHfe.qk, and upp.er^.yparjf|jfof ^b e breast!
(jfwJlfc&.a^tefre'd in 'th e . a S u ^ a r e i b l l p k ^ ^^-■rfe^Bi!-ilJ ^ o a ^
,§d^e(|^witb wMtigh/' gi^ihjg, -the^hrodilffche' d p p ^ ^ tfc ^W -;b% g
^reake^J® with WaCki^h^ the ’ plain dn£ky
•1^rap.k- ^m^ath all Wmrti&y white. n f
« Jhe bSrgasjf ^nd
U1 ars*a*retbi«jqk, thc^/fdarters .hgjnglI^4|;giOP|l\^^thI}whjiish
^gmy; the rump and#upper, tail^d fe if s pure v^hit^j *th|‘ wings 'a rl
^ire^swhds and a,half IC^igfr<hfe ^n fio ^ fe a th fe i^ ^ ^ ^W oV t, thfe
5;f e |i tp<itakry subeqpal to the- \h e tjfl
AiJhird bping longest ;|Gie smaller.w^a-ffo^ 0 ts. aje^ uniform. wi|K v
fee, la rg ^ t e e of -a tdje(^r’ibJiack,^andAtiipped with pure
spu-rioils wing* is wholly*deep-Alack? the undhr»wingf
cov^^v.are pyrfe white#blackish‘glbng the mar|j|ff of tfib* wing)
^ P a ^ -are p la ja ^ ’lack,- tipped ‘andedged externally .with
Whitish p th ^ e p b n d a ri^ jure whiter >st arfteddwith black/fefaidfwifch
■an j@,qumnat^^pad,^i$Merminal. bdA^4 MireBE^mning from * one
lb the S|hlr, trfke| a> ^ jh |a g lfe i)p S * a i6 fe e fm il is -fotir inches
i'dftg, aria\ like, tho^#o£ all the Woodpeckers examine^’,
'c o ^ ^ l e d oC‘'^^lte|fe^|^ees,' df which, the/oute^dnhfeichifede B P
j^ tjem e l^ sHbrt and incot^puiuous, dnd purd white,%With ^a5;black‘
^haft.'“ ’Ad,]pftlfe Qfher^which ’“'are.very .actrtg], longer, andSrdbre
p u m in ^ ,,^ d '^ jd e i f .as A e y approach jthwnseiffref a r e ''b la c k e d
^xpppt the tWo iniddle vOnu^ .slightly whitish each sidCof tfe-shaft
>3ffOLi*'ll,^T',...' „Jk;,*