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tree, it forgets its taste for the sap, and in quest of its prey 



occasionally digs deep holes into the trees large enough to 

 admit its whole body. 



LITTLE MIDLAND WOODPECKER. 



(Picus (Dendrocopus) medianus, Swains. North. Zool. ii. p. 308. 



[in a note].) 



Sp. Charact. — Varied with black and white; crown black, with 

 the hind head red, and both spotted with white : 2d quill much 

 longer than the 7th. 



Obs. Lateral tail feathers narrowed and pointed at the ends : the 

 shafts narrow, gradually pointed, and extending to the apex of the 

 feathers. 



This species, if such it may prove, appears to be confined 

 to the Middle States principally ; and is not uncommon in 

 New Jersey. It closely resembles P. pubescens in its size 

 and general appearance, and is confounded with it. The 

 female differs in having the upper part of the head wholly 

 black. 



LITTLE GEORGIAN WOODPECKER. 



(Picus (Dendrocopus) meridionalis, Swains. North. Zool. ii. p. 308 



[in note].) 



Sp. Charact. — Varied with black and white ; beneath grey ; crown 

 black, a broad red band on the hind-head ; 2d quill equal to 

 the 8th. 



This species is smaller than P. pubescens, which it re- 

 sembles generally, as well as in the structure of the shafts, 

 and rounded form of the tail feathers. The under plumage 

 however is hair-hroivn (as dark, but not so yellow, as that of 

 Picus major) instead of white, or whitish, as in P. pubescens ; 

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