TAB, L.
PICUS HYPERYTHRUS.

Mas. Parc. corpore supra nigro, albo-maculato, subtus rufescenti-badio ; capite crissoque coccineis ;
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striga utrinque per oculos extendente alba ; mandibuld superior: nigra, inferior? alba.
Foem. Capite nigro albo-lineato.

Statura Pc. medi, Linn.

Tus pretty little Woodpecker possesses a peculiarity in its colouring not observable throughout the whole of
the family of Preide ; its breast, which in most of the species of the genus is of an obscure hue, being of a
lively red. The male and female are alike in this character; but they exhibit considerable differences in the
colours of the head, the crown of the male being bright crimson, while his more unassuming mate possesses
a less gaudy head-dress of black and white. With reference to the habits of the birds of this species, trees
are stated to be their constant habitation, where, like their European congeners, they live on insects and their
larvee; and it is added that the most luxuriantly wooded parts of the Himalayan range are the principal
localities in which they have been observed.

The male has the top of the head and back of the neck scarlet; the throat and a mark extending from the
base of the bill through the eye, white ; the back and wings black, prettily barred with white; the tail black,
the outer feathers having white bars; the breast, sides of the neck, and under surface tawny rufous; the
under tail-coverts scarlet ; the upper mandible black, the lower yellowish white ; the tarsi black. |

The female, as has been before observed, differs from the male in having the top of the head and back of the
neck black, thickly dotted with small points of white.

The male and female are figured of the natural size.

 

 

 

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