Crass II. SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 
Gefner av. 709. Faun. Suec. fp. 192+ Scopoli. 
Aldr. av. 1. 416. | Now 55. 
Leffler fpotted Woodpecker, Ha/félquift itin. 242. 
or Hickwall. Wil. orn. 138. Kleiner Bunt-Specht. Fri/ch. 
Raii fyn. av. 43. £37 
Picus minor. Lin. fyft. 176. Kleiner Baumhackl. Kram. 
Le petit Pic varie. Brifon av. 336. | 
ly. 41. Br. Zool. 79. plate E. 
HIS fpecies is the leftof the genus, fcarce 
weighing an ounce; the length is fix inches ; 
the breadth eleven. The forehead is of a dirty 
white: the crown of the head (in the male) of a 
beautiful crimfon: the cheeks and fides of the neck 
are white, bounded by a bed of black beneath the 
former. The hind part of the head and neck, and 
the coverts of the wings are black: the back is bar- 
red with black and white: the fcapulars and quil 
feathers {potted with black and white: the four mid- 
dle feathers of the tailk are black; the others varied 
with black and white: the breaft and belly are 
of a dirty white: the crown of the head (in the . 
female) is white; the feet are of a lead color. 
Ir has all the characters and actions of the greater 
kind, but is not fo often met with. 
Strait 
245 
97. Lest 
SPOTTED. 
DEscripP. 
