278 MIDDLE, AND LEST SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 



Placb. It is found in Norway, and among the alps o^ Switzerland * j and 



• • coiTimon in the north of Raffia^ and ftill more in SlHria, The tmt- 

 gufi, of Nijmaia Tungoujka, roaft this fpecies, bruife the ileflij and 

 mix it with any greafe, except that of the Bear, which diffolves too 

 readily. They anoint their arrows with it, and pretend, that the. ani- 

 mals, which are ftruck with them, inftantly fall f . 



D. Middle Spotted W. Br. Zool: i. N" 86. — Latham, i. 565. 

 Picus Medius, Faun. Suec, N° loi. — Brijfon, iv. 38. 



V^ With a crimfon crown and vent : in all other refpe£ls like the 

 Great Spotted, N° 162, except in fize, being rather lefs.. 



E. Lest Spotted W. Br. Zool. i. N" 87. 

 Picus Minor, Faun. Suec. N" 102. 

 Le Petit Epeiche, De Buffon, vii. 62. — PI. Enl. 598. — Brijfon, iv. 41. — Lev. Mes. 



\X7' With a crimfon crown : the reft of the head, breaft, and 

 belly, like thofe of the former : back barred with black and 

 white : the white on the wings diffufed in broad beds. Weight under 

 an ounce. Length fix inches. Extent eleven. 

 Flack. The Middle is only found in Rujfia. This, and the Great Spot- 



ted, extend to the eaftmoft partS: of Sibiria ; but all three are found 

 as high as Lapmark J, the extremity of northern Europe, far within 

 the polar circle; a country which is one vaft foreft of pines, firs,, 

 and birch \\. Innumerable infefts, or their larva, lurk in all feafons in 

 the bark of the trees ; fo that this tribe of birds is never compelled, 

 for want of food, to fliun even the moft rigorous winters of that fe- 

 vere climate. It alfo bears the heats of the torrid zone ; for I difco- 

 vered it among the drawings in the colleftion of Governor Loten,. 

 made in the ifland c^f Ceylon. 



* Catalogue of Swi/s birds in M. Sprunglin's cabinet, which that gentleman favored 

 ^e with. This fpecies was not unnoticed by the great Gesner. See his Hifi, av. ed. 

 p. 710, line 2Q. 

 t Cmelin. voy, Sibirit, ij, 113. J Lstms, 292. \ Flora Lapp. Prolig.zu 



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