26 , ORDO AVIVM. 



Fam. §. XVI. 



6 H it GENVS 11 



PICVS. Picas martius. A^uonoXavr^, a pertundendo arbores, Aevfyo- 

 xohcwTtjs. (5pCd)t; JpOl&fyacfcr* Picusfecundum /l/</r. a gcrman. ptcfitU 

 Habent Pici roflrum rectum, forte, quadantenus angulofum & cunei- 

 forme ; linguam pradongam, in exitu aculeo oflfeo dentato munitam ad 

 depromendos Coflbs, quam Frifch t. 38 ex ephemeridibus Ac. Reg. Sc-. 

 Par. de anno 1709 exhibult; conf. Phil. Tranf Angl. num. 350. a defcri- 

 ption of that curious natural machine the Woodpeckers Tongue p.509. 

 differentias ib. p. 512. Femora Picorum validis praedita funt mufculis, 

 breves habent, aft folidos pedes tetradaetylos, digitis duobus anticis to- 

 tidemque pofticis exterioribus duobus pone & retro longioribus ; un- 

 gues aduncos & acutos ad fcandendum in arbores ; pennas communiter 

 decem pro cauda rigidasque, lignatum euntibus mukum operx fubmini- 

 ftrantes. Non nifi infecla, inprimis Coflbs pro vi&u petunt, arbores ex- 

 cavantes & in arboribus cavis vel cavatis nidulantes. Unicar torquillac 

 molliores caudse funt pennae, quas tamen fcandens exfinuat. Plura juxta 

 parum decimwn & quintum §. XXXIX. vide Nafutum f. Piperivorum 

 Gen. VI. 



I Picvs Niger, Maximvs Nostras, Gesn. Aldr. Pyrrhocorax 

 Agric. Picus cornicinus; Cornix fylvatica, JpCl$tral)C'£rai)C; jRx&ty 

 ©PCCl)t; Jjp0lf3<'£)im, Schwenkf. The great black Woodpicker, VVill 

 Albin II.27. @d)War|-@pCc5t 14I" lang. Frifch. Linn. Mas, pro 

 setate, plus minus rubro occipite; fcemina tota nigra. 



II. Picvs Niger, Rostro Albo, Priori Major. Picus maxi- 

 mus roftro albo; the Iargeft white-bil'd Woodpecker. Pic de la pre- 

 miere grandeur a bec blanc. Catesbyp. 16. <Sd)tt?ar$<€>pCd)t mit WCip 



fcm(5chnabcL 



Roftrum albedine eburneum, tres uncias Iongum, & longitudinali- 

 ter eanaliculatum inter diademata principum Canadenfium eminet ; re- 

 migibus, qua dimidiam partem, albis, crifta plumofa, rubra. Ab oculis 

 ad usque alas defcendit linea alba; remiges albicant; pondere avis 

 20 l. 



III. Picvs Niger, Toto Capite Rvbro, Rostro Plvmbeo. 

 Thelargered-crefted Woodpecker; grandPiverd atete rouge. (©CJJttJar^ 

 €>»ld)t ttlit fCUrigcm $Cpf, Catesby p, 17. Pondere 9 §, roftro duos 

 follices longoj coilo brevij fub crifta prodit linea alba; gens albicant 



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