GREAT BLACK WOODPECKER. 



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SCANSORES. 



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PICID^E. 



THE GREAT BLACK WOODPECKER. 



Picus martins. 



Picas martins, Great Black Woodpecker, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 325. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 138. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 92. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 375. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 151. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Le Pic noir, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. 



p. 390. 



Picus. Generic Characters. Beak about as long as the head, straight, 

 pyramidal, compressed, pointed. Nostrils basal, oval, open, hid by hair- 

 like feathers directed forwards. Wings moderate ; the first quill-feather 

 short, the third or fourth the longest in the wing. Feet strong, formed for 



