gja, "WOODPECKER. 



i. Picas martius, Lin. Syfi. i. p. 173. N° 1.— Mull. p. iz.—'Scoj>. ann. I, 



•GREAT BLACK p ,5 N o 



W. ' ' * ' 



Le Pic noir, 2?r(/: orn. iv. p. 21. N° 6. 



- — , Buf. oif. vii. p. 41. pi. 2. 



■ ^ , male, PI. enl. 596. 



1 — , orn. de Salern. pi. IO. f. 2. 



Schwartz Specht, Frifcb. t. 34. 



Picus niger maximus, Rati Syn. p. 42. 1. 



Created black Woodpecker, Will. orn. 135. pi. zi.—Albin, ii. pi, 27, 



—Amer. Zool. N" 



Description. CIZE of a Jackdaw: length feventeen inches. Bill near two 

 inches and a half in length ; of a dark afh-colour, and whitifh 

 on the fides : irides pale yellow * : the whole bird is black, ex- 

 cept the crown of the head, which is vermilion : the firft quill 

 feather is fhorteft : the two middle tail feathers longer than the 

 others, making it appear a little rounded : the legs are lead-co- 

 loured; covered with feathers on the fore part for half their length. 

 Femaie, The. female differs from the male, in having the hind head only 



red, and not the whole crown of the head ; and the general colour 

 of the plumage has a ftrong caff of brown in it. It has likewife 

 been obferved, that the red on the hind head has been wholly 

 v/anting : and indeed both male and female are apt much to vary, 

 in different fubjects ; fome having a much greater proportion of 

 red on the head than others. 



This bird is found on the continent of Europe, but not in 

 plenty, except in Germany. It is not an inhabitant of Italy, and 



PiAC£. 



The eyelids are naked, according to Scopoli. 



very 



