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WOODPECKER. 



part of the back, rump, and upper tail coverts, are white S from; 



the eye arifes a ftripe of white, which pafles on each fide of the- 



neck, quite down to the back : three or four of the prime quills 



are black ; but the reft are white : the tail is cuneiform, the fame 



colour as the body : the legs and claws alfo are black. 



Place and This bird inhabits Carolina, Virginia, New Spain, and Braftl, 



Manners. t . ,, ., , „ , „ . , ' * J , r * // 



and is called by the Spaniards Carpenter •, and not without reaion, 



as this, as well as moft of the other fpecies, makes a great noifc 



with the bill againft the trees in the woods, where they may be 



heard at a great diftance, as if Carpenters were at work ; making, 



according to Catejby, in an hour or two a bufhel of chips. He 



adds likewife, that the Canadian Indians make ufe of the bills of 



thefe birds for coronets, fetting them round in a wreath, with 



the points outwards ; and that the nort hernlndians purchafe them 



of the fouthern, at the rate of two and three Buck-fkins per bill. 



Kalm fays, they are found in New Jerfey, though very feldonr,, 



and onlv at certain feafons. 



Picus pileatus, Lin. Syfi. i. p.. 173. N° 3-. 

 PIT EATFD k fi ^' c no * r nu P^ <* e Virginie, Brif. orn. iv. p. 29. N° 10. 



\y, Le Pic noir a huppe rouge, Buf. oif. vii. p. 48. 



Pic noir hupe de le Louifiane, PL enl. 718. 

 Larger red-crefted Woodpecker, Catejb. Car. i. pi. 17. 

 Pileated Woodpecker, Am. Zool. N° 

 Lev. Ma/i 



Dssorijtion. ^TpHIS is lefs than the laft : length fifteen inches: weight nine 



A ounces. The bill is two inches long, and of a lead-colour ; 



as are the eyelids : the irides are the colour of gold : the top of 



the head adorned with acreit of long red feathers j beneath this, 



over 



