LECTURE V. 179 



smaller size than the former, and of a black 

 and white colour, with a red bar across the 

 back of the head. 



Of the exotic species, the greater numbe 

 are natives of America; one of the chief is the 

 Picus principalis of Linnaeus or White billed JVood- 

 peckei\ always distinguished by the ivory white- 

 ness of its bill : the bird itself is one of the 

 largest of its tribe, and is black, with a white 

 stripe down each side of the neck, and a length- 

 ened crimson crest on the head. 



Picus pileatiis is a North-American species 

 nearly allied to the former, but easily distin- 

 guished by its black or deep lead-coloured bill. 



The least of the whole genus is the Picus 

 minimus of Linnaeus, of the size of a Wren, 

 and of a brown colour, with the top of the head 



red, and the back part black speckled with white: 

 the total length of the bird is three inches and 

 a half: it is a native of South- America. 



Among the Piece, it would be unpardonable 

 to omit the splendid genus Paradisea or Paradise- 

 Bird, of which but a very few species were 

 known some years ago, but which is so far 

 increased by the persevering researches of mo- 



