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ORD. Il. GEN. VIL. .“WOODPECKER. 
SPE. V. SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 
Pl. 49. 
Picus medius. Liz. Sy. I. ps 176. 
Le pic varié, Brif. Orn. IV. p. 33. 
This bird: is fomewhat lefs than the preceding, being: only eight inches.and 
half in length; but agrees with it fo much in the general appearance of the plu- 
mage, that a particular defcription of it is unneceflary: only it is to be remark- 
ed, that in this the whole of the top of the head is of a bright fcarlet, and the 
feathers round the eyes and fides of the neck almoft wholly white. 
This is much lefs common than the laft, and fome have fuppofed it to be the 
fame {pecies in its firft feathers. To fay the truth, it has fo feldom come under 
my infpection, that I am by no means able to determine the point. 
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