i5; g WOODPECKE K. 



part of the grain ; being more likely in fearch after fome kind 

 of infect that frequents the plant, rather than any part of the 

 plant itfelf, as none of this genus are granivorous *. I am told, 

 that this fpecies is frequently met with in the Pins forefis, and 

 -known, by fome, by the name of Woodcock. 



^ Picus lineatus, Lira Sjjl. it p. 174, N?4». 



+- LINEATED. Le Pic noir hupe de Cayenne, Brif. orn. iv. p. 31. N° 11. pi. 1. f. a. 



W. L> Ouantou, ou Pic noir huppe de Cayenne, Buf. oif. vii. p. 50. 



, Pic noir hupe de Cayenne, PL enl. 717. 



Pic noir, ou Charpentier, Ferm. Defer. eU Surim ii. p. 170 ? 

 Picus varius Brafilienfis Ipuu di&us, Rati Syn. p. 43. N° 7. 

 Brafilian Woodpecker, called If ecu, Will. orn. 138. pi. 22. 



Lev. Muf. 



Description. / T~* v HE fize of this is equal to our green Woodpecker : length 

 "*■ thirteen inches and three quarters. Bill above an inch 

 and a half long;, and of an- horn-colour: head and nape of a 

 beautiful redj the feathers long enough to form a creft : along the 

 under jaw a ft ripe of the fame : upper parts of the body black : 

 cheeks the fame, but inclining to aih: from the corner of the 

 mouth, on each fide r is a line of white ; which, growing broader 

 as it advances downwards, meets on the middle of the back : be- 

 neath the throat is rufous white, the fliaft of each feather dafhed 

 with black: fore part of the neck and breaft black j each feather 

 margined with rufous white at the tip :. belly, vent, and thighs, 

 rufous white, ftriated tranfyerfely with black : the edges of the 

 "* i: ' wings, and beneath them, white : quills black ; the inner webs, 

 , for one-third of their length from the bafe, white : tail cuneiform, 

 black : legs and claws grey. 



* Uift, del oif. vol. vii, p. 49. 



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