DOWNY WOODPECKER STARLING. 167 



There came, too, the Stare (^^), made immortal by 

 Sterne, 

 In a lesson which young and which old oiight to learn : 



The Auratus, Goi, den-winged Woodpecker or Flicker, 

 inhabits almost all North America, and is very variegated in 

 its plumage; eleven inches long; migrates; often fonnd in 

 Peimsylvania tlie w^hole winter ; feeds on worms, insects, and 

 occasionally on berries and grass. : ,>iHAT<^,?ni>v 



The Pubescem, or DowfiYWooDPECKEti^ksihe hack longi- 

 tudinally downy ; outer tail feathers white, with four black 

 spots; hind bead in the male red ; size of a s|>arrovv; inhabits 

 North America in vast flocks; is bold, and very injurious to 

 orchards, making one hole close to another in a horizontal 

 line, till it lias completed a circle of lioles ail r^und the 

 tree.'i'idt io fun ebtid rsdio tliil/ e'^mitamo* baa ,gcioiifi}ji,r 



ThiB following may be also mentioned as found in tBis conn- 

 try ; but, as their habits are very similar to the Green Wood- 

 fiecker, they require no particular notice. The Villosus or 

 Hairy Woodpecker is nearly nine inches long; above black, 

 beneath white ; found in the north of England, common in 

 America. The Mnjor or Greater Spotted Woodpecker 

 is nine inches long ; the predominating colours of this bird are 

 black and white; egi^s five, white. Mr. Sweet informs me 

 that he had one of this species domesticated, and that it de- 

 stroyed and ate small birds. The Minor ot Lesser Spotted 

 Woodpecker is only five inches ^nd a half long; eggs five, 

 white. This bird is called in Gloucestershire Hickwall add 

 Crank-bird. 



('^) Order, Passerbs, (Linn.) Starling, Water Ouzel,&c. 



The genus Sturnus, {Linn.) to which the Stare, Sturnus 

 Vulgaris^ belongs, comprehends nearly forty species, scattered 

 over the globe, two only common to our own country. 



