ClassII. GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 



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Picus major. P. albo nigroque 

 varius, crisso occipiteque ni- 

 gris. Lath. Ind. orn. 228. id. 

 Syn.ii.564. id. Sup. i. 107 . 



L'epeiche, Cul rouge, Pic 

 rouge. Belon av. 300. 



Picus varius, seu albus. Gesner 

 av. 709. 



Greater spotted Woodpecker, or 

 Witwal. Wil. orn. 137. 



Raii syn. av. 43. 



Picchio. Zinan. 73. 



Le grand Pic varie. Brisson av. 



iv. 34. Hist. oVois. vii. 57. 



PL Enl. 196. m. 5Q5. fern. 

 Picus major. Gm. Lin. 436. 

 Gyllenrenna. Faun. Suec. sp. 



100. 

 Hakke-speet. Brunnich, 40. 

 Grosses Baumhackl. Kram, 



336. 

 Bunt Specht. Frisch, I. 36. 

 Kobilar. Scopoli, No, 53. 

 Br. Zool. 79. plate E. Arct. 



Zool. i. 319? 



2. Great 

 Spotted, 



TIOK", 



J- HIS species weighs two ounces three quar- Descrip- 

 ters: the length is nine inches; the breadth 

 sixteen. The bill is one inch and a quarter 

 long, of a black horn color. The irides are red ; 

 the forehead is of a pale buff color; the 

 crown of the head a glossy black, the hind part 

 marked with a rich deep crimson spot ; the cheeks 

 white, bounded beneath by a black line which 

 passes from the corner of the mouth, and sur- 

 rounds the hind part of the head. The neck is 

 encircled with a black collar; the throat and 

 breast are of a yellowish white ; the vent fea- 

 thers of a fine light crimson. The back, rump, 

 and coverts of the tail, and lesser coverts of the 



