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BANK WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus Pitius.) 



P.fuscus, albo guttatus, cauda brevi. 



Brown Woodpecker with white spots and short tail. 



Picus pitius. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 432. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



234. 2,6. 

 Bank Woodpecker. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 141. 3. 



THE plumage of the Bank Woodpecker is en- 

 tirely brown, spotted with white, and the bird is 

 about the size of a Pigeon : it is an inhabitant of 

 Chili ; it does not make its nest in the hollows of 

 trees, like the rest of the genus, but in holes on 

 the elevated banks of rivers: it lays four eggs: 

 and it is much esteemed as food by the natives : 

 its tail is very short. 



