i8d SPOTTED WOODPECKER. ClafsIL 



III. The LESS SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 



Gefner o.'v. 709, Le petit Pic varie. BriJJon. av- 



Aldr. anj.'u /^\6. iv. 41. 



Lefler fpotted Woodpecker, or Faun. Suec. /p. 102. 



Hickwall. JVil.cm.lj^. Hajfelquiji itin. z\Z. 



Haii/yn. nv. 43. Kleiner Baumhackl. Kram. 336. 



Picus minor. Lin.fyfi. 176. Br.Zool.-jo. plate E. 



♦T^HIS fpecies is the lefl: of the genus, fcarce 

 Defer. weighing an ounce : the length is fix inches ; 



the breadth eleven. The forehead is of a dirty white : 

 the crown of tiie 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 barred with 

 black and white : the fcapulars and quil feathers 

 fpotted with black and white : the four middle 

 feathers of the tail are black -, the others varied with 

 black and white : the bread and belly are of a dirty 

 white : the vent feathers a bright crimfon : the crown 

 of the head (in the female) is white ; it wants alio the 

 red mark under the tail : the feet are of a lead color. 

 It has all the characters and aflions of the greater 

 kind, but is not fo often met with. Befides thefe, 

 we are credibly informed that the Pic varie of M. 

 BriJJon., and the Picus medius of Unnaus is found ii^ 

 Lancajhire, 



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