Class II. GREAT SPOTTED. 



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L'epeiche, Cul rouge, Pic 

 rouge. Belon au. 300. 



Picus varius, leu albus. Gef- 

 ner a-j. jog. 



Greater fpotted Woodpecker, or 

 Witwal. Wil, orn. 137. 



Rail fyn. a'v. 43. 



Picchio. Zi 



'3 



Le grand Pic varie. 

 au, IV. 34. 



Brifon 



Picus major. Lin.fyjl, 176. 

 Gyllenrenna. Faun. Stiec. 



/p. 100. 

 Hakke-fpeet. Brunnich, 40. 

 GrofTes Baumhackl. Kram. 



336. 

 Buiu Specht. Frifch, I. ^6. 

 Br. Zcol. 79. plate E. 

 Kobilar. Scopcli, No 53. 



85. Great 

 Spotted. 



THIS fpecies weighs two ounces three quar- 

 ters : the length is nine inches ^ the breadth 

 is fixteen. The bill is one and a quarter long, 

 of a black horn color. The irides are red. The 

 forehead is of a pale buff color. The crown of 

 the head a gloffy black. The hind part marked 

 with a rich deep crimfon fpot : the cheeks white ; 

 bounded beneath by a black line that pafles from 

 the corner of the mouth, and furrounds the hind 

 part of the head. The neck is encircled with a 

 black color. The throat and bread are of a yel- 

 lowifh white. The vent feathers of a fine light 

 crimfon. The back, rump, and coverts of the tail, 

 and lefTer coverts of the wings are black ; the 

 fcapular feathers and coverts adjoining to them are 

 white. The quil feathers black, elegantly mark- 

 ed on each web with round white fpots. 



The four middle feathers of the tail are black, 

 the next tipt with dirty yellow ; the bottoms of 



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