FERRUGINOUS, AND RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. 271 



quan-nor-ow, from the golden color of the fliafts and under fide of 

 the wing feathers*. 



ThQ Swedifi Americans call it Hittock^ and Pza/ f ; v/ords formed 

 from its notes. It is almoft continually on the ground j and never 

 picks its food out of the fides of trees, like others of the genus : nei- 

 ther does it climb, but fits perched, like the Cuckoo ; to which it 

 lias fome refemblance in manners, as well as form. It feeds on in- 

 Je<5ts. Grows very fat, and is reckoned very palatable. It inhabits 

 the Jerfies, and other .provinces to the fauth, the whole year. 



ZiOtham, i. 592. -^59' I^HR-i'-t/Gi" 



Le Pic Mordore, De Buffon, vii. 34.— PA Enl. 524. noxjs. 



AVith a duflcy bill : the crown and pendent creil of a pale 

 yellow : a crimfon bar extends from the mouth along the 

 lower part of the cheek : the cheeks, back, and coverts of the wings, 

 of a deep ferruginous color : lower part of the back of a pale yel- 

 low: primaries ferruginous, barred on their inner webs with black. 

 Size of the Green Woodpecker. 



This new fpecies was ient to me by Dr. Garden, of Charkjlown, Place. 



■South Carolina-. 



Red-headed Woodpecker, Catejij, i. zo. — Laiv/on, 3d fp. 143. — Du Prafz, 93. — 160. Red-headed, 



Latham, i. 561. 

 Picus Erythrocephalus, Lin. Syft. 174. 



Le Pic a tefte rouge, de la Virginie, BriJJfbn, iv. 53. — PI. Enl. 11 j. 

 Le Pic noir a domino rouge, De Buffon, vii. 55. — Fl. Enl. iiy, — Lev. Mas.— . 



Bl. Mus. 



With a lead-colored bill : head and neck of the moll deep 

 and rich fcarlet : back, coverts of wings, primaries, and tail, 

 :of a glofly blacknefs : the fecondaries white, marked with two black 



* Phil. Tr. Ixii. 387. -)- Kalm, ii. ^S. 



bars : 



