Pileated Woodpecker, Picus pileatus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iv. p. 27.
Picus pileatus, Bonap. Syn. p. 44.
Picus (Dryotomus) pileatus, Pileated Woodpecker, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 304.
Pileated Woodpecker or Log-cock, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 567.
Pileated Woodpecker, Picus pileatus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 74; v. v. p. 533.
259. 4. Picus lineatus, Linn. Lineated Woodpecker.
Not figured.
Third and fourth toes about equal, hind toe very small; an occipital crest of elongated near feathers; upper part of the head carmine, inclining to scarlet; a narrow dusky line from the nostril to the eye; a patch, including the eyelids and ear-coverts, leaden-grey; a narrow band down the hind part of the neck, gradually enlarging, the back, wings, and tail, deep black; a band from the nostrils descending obliquely over the side of the head, passing backwards and behind the ear, then much enlarged, and running down the side of the neck to the shoulders, a large oblique patch at the commencement of the wing, including the outer scapulars, the small feathers on the edge of the wing under the alula, the lower wing-coverts, and the inner webs of the quills for about half the length, pure white; an elongated crimson patch at the base of the lower jaw; chin yellowish-white, longitudinally streaked with dusky; the rest of the fore neck and part of the breast black; the lower parts and sides brownish-white, transversely barred with black.
Male, 15, wing, 72/12.
Columbia River.
Picus lineatus, Linn. Syst. Nat v. i. p. 174.
Lineated Woodpecker, Picus lineatus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 315.
260. 5. Picus Canadensis, Gmel. Canadian Woodpecker.
Plate CCCCXVII. Fig. 7. Male.