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neighbourhood of Albany Fort in April, leaves 

 it in September ; lays from four to six eggs in 

 hollow trees, feeds on small worms and other 

 insedls. Its descriptions answer exa(5lly. 



Picus, 13. Villosus, 175. 16. Hairy Woodpecker. 

 Faun. Am. Sept. 10. Catesby I. 19. 



Severn River, N° 56. 



The specimen sent over is a female, by its 

 ^yanting the red on the head. The descrip- 

 tions of Linneus and Brisson agree ; only the 

 two middlemost feathers are black, the next 

 are of the same colour, but have a white 

 rhomboidal spot near the tip ; the next are 

 black, with the upper half obliquely white, 

 the very tip being black ; the next after that 

 are white, with a round black spot on the 

 inner side close to the base, and the lower 

 part of the shaft is black, the outermost 

 feathers are quite white, the shaft only at the 

 base being black. 



14. Trida6lylus. 177. 21. Three-told Woodpecker. 



Faun. Am. Sept. 



Severn River, N" 8. 



A female, weight 2 ounces, length 8 inches, 

 breadth 13 ; eyes dark blue, legs black. It 

 builds its nest in trees, lives in woods upon 

 worms picked out of trees, is not very com- 

 mon at Severn River. The descriptions an- 

 swer. 



III. Gallinai. 



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