WOODPECKER, 579 



Both Frifch and Klein miftake in faying that the females have 

 not the red crown, for even the young ones in the neft have the 

 appearance of it i and I have had them brought to me when they 

 could fcarcely fly, when the red was mixed with brown ; but they 

 do not become of a full red till after the firft moult. They are 

 faid to be fond of bees in winter, making great havock among 

 them. Salome-* obferves, that they are found in the markets in 

 Italy, at Bologna ; but this is not extraordinary, for the Italians 

 eat all fmall birds almoft without exception. 



In Sir A. Lever's Mufeum there is a variety of this bird, of a Variety. 

 ftraw-colour throughout, except the crown, which is faintly 

 marked with red. 



Pic verd, Ferm, Defer, de Sarin, vol. ii. p. 169. 25. 



Le Pic verd d 11 Mexique, Brlf. orn. iv. p. 16. N° J ? Var - a ° 



'TpHE defcription of this given by Ferritin fo exactly coincides Inscription, 



"* with that of the laft, that we muffc conclude it to be the 

 fame; if fo, we cannot deny the poffibility of its being at Mexico, 

 as related by Seba f : indeed the toes are not placed after the 

 manner of Woodpeckers in his figure, but three and one ; a mif- 

 take committed by later authors as well as him ; for I mud own 

 that his defcription fuits the green Woodpecker rather than any 

 other bird; and the length, which is thirteen inches and a half, very 

 nearly correfponds with it. Buffon will not allow of Seba's bird 

 belonging to this genus ; nor does he fuggeft to which other it 

 has moft affinity. I have given my fuggeftion of one in page 557, 



~)rn. p. 103. t Ardea Mexicana altera, Seba, vol. i. t. 64. f. 3. 



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