^76. -BLACK W O O D P E C K E R. 



•black ; the lafl: fpotted on the upper part with white : coverts of the 

 wings black ; primaries black, fpotted with white : all the under 

 fide of the body white ; the fides barred with black : the middle 

 feathers of the tail black ; the outmoft fpotted with white : legs 

 dufky: toes, two before, only one behind j which forms the charafter 

 of this fpecies. Lengti/ eight inches. Extent thirteen. Weigh,t 

 two ounces. 

 •r^LACr. Inhabits Hud/ou's Bay, and Norton Sound, lat. 64. Is frequent in 



Sibiria, and common as far as Mojcow, in the alps of Dakcarlia iu 

 S-wedm, and in thofe of Switzerland *. 



^ A. Black W. Picus Martius, Lin. Syji. ij-^. 



Spillkraka, Tillkraka, Faun. Suec. N° 93. — De Buffon, vii. 41. — Wil. Om. 135.— 

 Latham, i. 552. — Lev, Mus. 



"^LXT" With the crown of the head of a ridi crimfon : the reft of 

 the plumage of a fujl black : the head of the female marked 

 with red only behind. Length eighteen inches. Extent twenty- 

 nine. Weight near eleven ounces. 

 ?LA,eE. Inhabits the forefts of Germany, Switzerland, and the northj frona 



Feterjbourg to Ocbotjk, on the eaftern ocean, eaftward, and to Lapmark 

 weftward. It migrates to Woronejch, about the third oi March, and 

 continues coming in greateft numbers in April. Is called there The 



* M. Sprunglin'% colleSioa at SttttUu, near Bern, who told me it was common among 



ihe Alps. 



2. Fufilier i 



