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folded at the bottom of the gullet. Their stomach 

 is almost membranaceous ; they are without caecum ; 

 nevertheless, they also eat fruit. Fearful and wary, 

 they pass the greater part of their time alone. In 

 the season of love, the male calls the female by strik- 

 ing rapidly on a dry branch. They nestle once a 

 year in the hollow of a tree,. and the two sexes sit 

 alternately. 



There are six or seven species in Europe. 



Great Black TVoodpecker. {Picus Martins.) L. Enl. 

 596. Naum. 131. 



Almost as big as a crow ; entirely black ; the male 

 has a cap of bright red, but in the female it is a 

 mere spot. This species prefers the fir-tree forests 

 in the north. 



Green PFoodpecker. (Picus Viridis.) Enl. 371. 

 Naum. 132. 



As large as a dove ; green above, whitish under- 

 neath ; the top of the head red, the rump yellow ; is 

 one of our finest birds. The young is spotted with 

 black underneath, and with a black streak on the chin. 

 It prefers smaU woods, in level countries, the beech- 

 tree and the elm, and seeks its food on the 

 ground. 



The PicuLS Canus of Gm. Edw. Q5. Naum. 133. 



Is of a more ashy tint, with the bill more slender, 

 and with a black moustache. The male is red only 



