86 March 1749. 



Picus pile at us, the crefted Wood-pecker >, 

 this I have already mentioned. 



Picus cur at m, the gold-ringed Wood- 

 pecker : This fpecies is plentiful here, and 

 the Swedes call it Hittock, and Pint -, 

 both thefe names have a relation to its 

 note ; it is almoft continually on the 

 ground, and is not obferved to pick in the 

 trees ; it lives chiefly on infects, but fome- 

 times becomes the prey of hawks ; it is 

 commonly very fat, and its flefh is very 

 palatable. As it flays all the year, and 

 cannot eafily get infecls in winter, it muft 

 doubtlefs eat fome kinds of grafs or plants 

 in the fields. Its form, and fome of its 

 qualities, make it refemble a cuckow. 



Picus Carolinus, the Carolina Wood-pec- 

 ker. It lives here likewife, and the,colour of 

 its head is of a deeper and more mining 

 red than Catejby has reprefented it, vol. i. 

 p. 10. t. 19. 



Picus villofus, the [potted, hairy, middle -fixed 

 Wood-pecker is abundant here ; it deftroys 

 the apple-trees by pecking holes into them. 



Picus erythrocephalus, the red- headed Wood- 

 pecker. This bird was frequent in the 

 country, and the Swedes called it merely 

 Hack/pick, or Wood pecker. They give the 

 fame name to all the birds which I 

 flow enumerate, the gold- winged wood- 

 pecker excepted. This fpecies is deftruc- 



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