Character as above.
* Bill straight, with the angles prominent.
256. 1. Picus imperialis, Gould. Imperial Woodpecker.
Not figured.
Glossy greenish-black; the elongated occipital crest scarlet; a triangular spot on the fore part of the back; the secondary quills, and the inner webs of most of the primaries, white; bill yellowish-white. Female similar, but without red on the head. Gould.
Male, 24, wing 12.
Rocky Mountains and North California.
Picus imperialis, Gould. Proceed. of Com. Sc. and Corresp. of Zool. Soc. of Lond. part ii. p. 140.
Imperial Woodpecker, Picus Imperialis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 313.
257. 2. Picus principalis, Linn. Ivory-billed Woodpecker.
Plate LXVI. Male and Female.