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PICID^E. 



1NSESSORES. 

 SCANSORES. 



PIC1D&. 



THE GREAT BLACK WOODPECKER. 



Picus martius. 



Picus martius, 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, pt. i. 



Le Pic noir, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 390. 



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

 midal, 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 climbing, with two toes 

 before and two behind, rarely with only a single toe behind ; the two anterior 



