A Synopsis of the Birds of North AmericaAudubon, John James
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A Synopsis of the Birds of North America
Audubon, John James
Birds -- Classification; Birds -- North America
Canadian Woodpecker, Picus canadensis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v.
p. 188.
261. 6. Picus Phillipsii, Aud. Phillips's Woodpecker.
Plate CCCCXVII. Figs. 5, 6. Male.
Fourth toe a little longer than third; fourth quill longest; bristly
feathers over the nostrils yellowish-white; fore part of the head, to
a little beyond the top, orange-yellow; occiput and hind neck glossy
black; over the eye a band of white passing to behind the auriculars;
a black band from above the angle of the mouth to the eye, and behind
it, including the auriculars; below this a white band from the angle
of the mouth joining that over the eye; then a narrower black band
from the lower mandible; upper parts black, tinged with brown behind;
feathers along the middle of the back tipped with white; some of the
wing-coverts also tipped with white, and the quills spotted with the
same, there being on the four largest primaries seven spots on the
outer, and five on the inner web; the four middle tail-feathers glossy
black, the rest black at the base, that colour gradually diminishing,
so that the outermost is entirely white; lower parts white.
_Male_, 10-1/2; wing, 5.
Massachusetts. Very rare.
Phillips's Woodpecker, Picus Phillipsii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v.
p. 186.
262. 7. Picus Martinæ, Aud. Maria's Woodpecker.
Plate CCCCXVII. Fig. 1. Male. Fig. 2. Female.
Fourth toe slightly longer than third; fourth quill longest, third
longer than fifth; tufts of bristly feathers over the nostrils dull
yellow; upper part of head scarlet; forehead and occiput black; a band
of white over the eye; a black band from the bill to the eye,
continued behind it over the auriculars, and joining the black of the
hind neck; beneath this a band of white from the angle of the mouth,
curving backwards below the middle of the neck, so as almost to meet
its fellow behind; then a band of black from the base of the lower
mandible, and continuous with the black of the shoulders; upper parts
black; feathers along the middle of the back tipped with white;
wing-coverts and quills spotted with the same, there being on the four
longest primaries seven spots on the outer, and four on the inner web,
on most of the secondaries five on each web, but on the outer quill
only one patch on each web, and on the second four spots on the outer,
and three on the inner web; four middle tail-feathers glossy black,
the next black on the inner web, and on the greater part of the outer
toward the base, the rest black only at the base, the two outer being
almost entirely white; lower parts white, tinged with grey, and a
little red, the sides faintly mottled with dusky grey.
_Male_, 9-2/12; wing, 4-((10-1/2)/12).
A pair found at Toronto, Upper Canada.
Maria's Woodpecker, Picus Martinæ, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p.
181.
263. 8. Picus Harrisii, Aud. Harris's Woodpecker.
Plate CCCCXVII. Fig. 8. Male. Fig. 9. Female.
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