240 
GREEN WOODPECKER. CrassIl. 
Vil. WOOD,; Sit {trong angular BILL. Noftrils covered with 
PECKER. 
$4. Green. 
briftles. 
TONGUE very long, flender, and armed at the 
end with a fharp bony point. 
TEN {tiff feathers in the tail. 
Climbing feet. 
Le Pic mart, Pic verd, Pic Wedknar, Gronfpik, Grong- 
jaulne. Belon av. 299. joling. Faun. Suec. fp. 99- 
Gefner av. 710. Haffelquift itin. Ter. Sande, 
Pico verde. Aldr. av. I. 416. 291. 
Green Woodpecker, or Wood- peed eee gl. 
fpite ; called alfo the Rain Danifh & Norv. ,Groenfpet. 
Fowl, High Hoe, and Hew- Br. 39. 
hole. Wil. orn. 135. Grunfpecht. Kram. 334. 
Raii fyn. av. 42. Frifch, 1. 35. 
Le Pic verd. Brifon av. 4. 9. Br. Zool. 78. plate E. 
Picus viridis. Lin. fff. 175.  Deteu, Detela, Scopol, No, 
52. 
HE wifdom of Providence in the admirable 
contrivance of the fitnefs of the parts of ani- 
mals to their re{pective nature, cannot be better 
illuftrated than from this genus: which we fhall 
give from the obfervations of our illuftrious coun- 
tryman Mr. Ray*. 
Thefe birds feed entirely on infects: and their 
principal action is that of climbing up and down 
the bodies or boughs of trees: for the firft purpofe 
* Ray on the Creation, p. 143. 7 
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