242 GREEN WOODPECKER. Class. II. 



when they would afcend, or even keep in a 

 line. 



This fpecies feeds oftener on the ground than 

 any other of the genus : all of them make their 

 nefts in the hollows of trees •, and lay five or fix 

 Eggs. cggs, of a beautifull femitranfparent white. 

 Descrip. This kind weighs fix ounces and a half. Its 



length is thirteen inches •, the breadth twenty and 

 a half: the bill is dufky, triangular, and near two 

 indies long: the crown of the head is crimfon, 

 fpotted with black. The eyes are furrounded with 

 black, beneath which (in the males only) is a 

 rich'crimfon mark. The back, neck, and lefler 

 coverts of the wings are green. The rump of a 

 pale yellow. The greater quil feathers are dufky, 

 fpotted on each fide with white. The tail confids 

 of ten ftiff feathers, whofe ends are generally bro- 

 ken as the bird refts on them in climbing ; their 

 tips are black : the reft of each is alternately bar- 

 red with dufky and deep green. The whole un- 

 der part ef the body is of a very pale green •, and 

 the thighs and vent marked with dufky lines. 

 The legs and feet are of a cinereous green. 



L'epeiche, 



