



ORD. II. GEN. VII. WOODPECKER. 
SPE. IV. GREATER SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 
| Pl. 48. 
Picus major. Liz. Syf. I. p. 176. 
Le grand pic varie. Brif. Orn. IV. p. 34+ 
This bird is in length nine inches and a quarter. The bill is of a blackifh 
horn colour: eyes reddifh ; general colour of the plumage on the upper parts 
of the body black: the forehead and throat reddifh buff colour: cheeks white: 
the fore part of the neck, lower part on each fide, and belly white: part of 
the wing coverts neareft the body, and of the fhoulder feathers adjoining them, 
white; the quills fpotted with white: lower part of the belly, vent, and: hind 
part of the thighs, a beautiful deep orange colour: the four middle feathers of 
the tail black, the others more or lefs marked with white: legs lead coloured. 
The male has a bar of orange fcarlet acrofs the back of the head, which is 
wanting in the female. 
This fpecies is pretty common in the woods of England. The egg is de-~ 
lineated Pl. XI. Fig. 2. 

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