86 March 1749. 



Picus pileatus, the crefled Wood-pecker | 

 this I have already mentioned. 



Picus auratus, the gold-ringed Wood-- 

 pecker : This fpecies is plentiful here, and 

 the Swedes call it Hittock, and Piut ; 

 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 infedts, 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 

 pannot eafily get infeds in winter, it rnuft 

 doubtlefs eat fome kinds of grafs or plants 

 in the fields. Its form, and fome of its 

 (qualities, make it refemble a cuckow. 



Picus CaroUnus, the Carolina Wood-pec- 

 ker. It lives here likewife, and the colour of 

 its head is of a deeper and more fhining 

 j-ed than Catejby has reprefented it, vol, i, 

 p. 19. t. 19. 



Picus vi/lofus, \hefpotted, hairy, middle -fized, 

 Wood-pecker is abundant here ; it deftroys 

 the apple-trees by pecking holes into them. 



Picus erythrocephalut) the red- headed Wood- 

 pecker. This bird was frequent in the 

 tountry, and the Swedes called it merely 

 Hackfpicky or Wood pecker. They give the 

 fame name tp all the birds which I 

 |jow enumerate, the gold-winged wood- 

 pecker excepted. This fpecies is deftruc- 



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