Class II. SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 



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Gefner anj. 709. 

 Aldr. a--j, I. 416, 

 Lefler fpotted Woodpecker, 

 or Hickwall. IVil. om. 138. 

 Rait fyn. a<v, 43. 

 Picus minor. Lin. Jyji. 176. 

 Le petit Pic varie. BriJ/hn av. 

 iv. 41. 



THIS fpecies is the left of the genus, fcarce Descri?, 

 weighing an ounce -, the length is fix inches •, 

 the breadth eleven. The forehead is of a dirty 

 white : the crown of the head (in the male) of a 

 beautiful crimfon: the cheeks and fides of the neck 

 are white, bounded by a bed of black beneath the 

 former. The hind part of the head and neck, and 

 the coverts of the wings are black: the back is bar- 

 red with black and white : the fcapulars and quil 

 feathers fpotted with black and white: the four mid- 

 dle feathers of the tail are black-, the others varied 

 with black and white: the breaft and belly are 

 of a dirty white : the crown of the head (in the 

 female) is white ; the feet are of a lead color. 



It has all the charafters and adtions of the greater 

 kind, but is not fo often met with. 



Strait 



