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Eccs. 
' Descrip. 
GREEN WOODPECKER. Crass. II. 
when they would afcend, or even keep in a 
line. Vd 
This fpecies feeds oftener on the ground than 
any other of the genus: all of them make their 
nefts in the hollows of trees; and lay five or fix 
eggs, of a beautifull femitranfparent white. 
This kind weighs fix ounces and a half. Its 
length is thirteen inches; the breadth twenty and 
a half: the bill is dufky, triangular, and near two 
inches long: the crown of the head is crimfon, 
{potted with black. The eyes are furrounded with 
black, beneath which (in the males only) is a 
rich crimfon mark. The back, neck, and leffer 
coverts of the wings are green. The rump of a 
pale yellow. The greater quil feathers are dufky, 
{potted on each fide with white. The tail confifts 
of ten {tiff feathers, whofe ends are generally bro- 
ken as the bird refts on them in climbing; their 
tips are black: the reft of each is alternately bar- 
red with dufky and deep green. The whole un- 
der part of the body is of a very pale green; and 
the thighs and vent marked with dufky lines, 
The legs and feet are of a cinereous green, 
L’epeiche, 
