Class II. GREAT BLACK WOODPECKER. 325 



Picus martius. P. niger pileo d'ois. y'li. 41. Tab. 2. PI. 5. Great 



coccineo. Lath. Ind. or7u 224. Enl. 5q6. Black. 



id. Syn. ii. 552. Sup. i. 104. Rail syn. av. 42. JFillugkly 



Gm. Lin. 424. 02. t. 21. 



Le pic noir. ^rmora iv. 2 1 . Hisi. Arct. Zool. i.324. 



[THIS species is also added to the British 

 Zoology on the authority of Dr. Lathajii, who 

 says he has been informed it has occasionally 

 been seen in Z)ex'oWzire, and the southern parts 

 of the kingdom. 



The length of this woodpecker, is eighteen Descrip- 



& ^ r :i O TION. 



inches, and its extent twenty-nine. Its whole 

 plumage is of a full black, excepting the head, 

 which is of a rich crimson. In the female, the 

 crimson color is confined to the hind part of the 

 head. 



It inhabits the forests of Germany, Switzer- 

 land, and the north from Petersburg to Ochotsk; 

 does great damage to trees by making deep 

 holes in them to nestle in. Lays two or three 

 white semi-transparent eggs. Feeds on cater- 

 pillars and insects, especially ants. Ed.] 



