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Title: The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Published by J.J. Audubon Philadelphia : J.B. Chevalier
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of thelower parts much lighter. A small streak of blackish runs from the lowercorner of the inferior mandible, legs and feet cinnamon colour. From point of bill to end of tail 5TV inches; alar extent STV; wing fromflexure 2TV; tail 2f; tarsus nearly -§. Eye brown. FAMILY XXVI.*—PICINJE. WOODPECKERS.Genus I.f—PICUS, Linn. WOODPECKER. MISSOURI RED-MOUSTACHED WOODPECKER. Picus Atresii, Jiud. PLATE CCCCLXLIV.—Male. This handsome new species was first discovered in the woody borders alongthe shores of the Upper Missouri, near Fort Union, and both my friendsHarris and Bell procured several specimens, including an adult pair. Mr.Bell also discovered its nest-hole, and on having it cut down, we found sixyoung birds of this species already fledged, and having the red moustache ofthe old male. Although this bird is considerably larger than the Picus auratus, socommon in our Eastern States, its flight and general habits are much the * See vol. iv. p. 211. . t Ibid. p. 212. mm. P14?9^. 11
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IvlliTr-mUa Aa/^irJTStM-at.JAiZad? I)r«*-n /r,,,! ;«//</•,- /*/-.,./. AAA i/fJtS.rLS MISSOURI RED-MOUSTACHED WOODPECKER. 349 same, but there exists some difference in its notes. The bill is considerably-less curved, and the markings, though much like those of the latter, differ inthe rounded spots that ornament the lower parts of the body, are much lessin size, and incline downward, instead of being placed crossways; andalthough the tfrbd quill is the longest in both, in the present species, thefirst is much shorter. I have named this handsome bird after my young and learned friend W.0. Atres, Esq., who is well known to science as an excellent ichthyologist;and who also is well conversant with the birds of our country. Missouri Red-moustached Woodpecker, Picus Ayresii, Aud. 12^, 20. Valleys and ravines of the prairies of the Upper Missouri. In the Adult Male, the upper part of the head, cheeks, throat downwardto near the black patch, of an iron-grey tinged with reddish-buff; lo

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