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The greater [potted Woodpecker. PIcus varius major. A>>'. 



Numb. XIX. 



ITS Length from the tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail is ii Inches; Breadth 

 of the Wings when extended, one Foot two Inches ; Weight two Ounces and three 

 Quarters ; the Bill an Inch and a Quarter long, ftrcight, black, thicker at the Head, and 

 flenderer by Degrees, ending in a {harp Point, being of a Pyramidal Figure, and chan- 

 nel'd with a Furrow or two ; the Noftrils round and covered with black Briftles ; the Iri" 

 des of the Eyes red^ the Tongue made like that of the green Woodpecker. 



On the hind part of the Head is a Line of Crimfon or Vermilion red reaching from white 

 to white in each Cheek; [in the Cock, not in the Hen.] In the Hen the Throat and 

 Breaft are of a dirty yellowifti white ; the lower Belly under the Tail is of a lovely red 

 or crimfon Colour ; the Feathers encompafling the Bafe of the upper Chap, and thofs 

 about the Eyes and Ears are white ; the Head is black, with a da{h of a (hining green ; - • 



the Back alfo black ; at the Infertion of the Wings on each Side is a great white Spot ; 

 from the Corners of the Mouth a broad, black Stroak reaches on to the Back ; juft below 

 the Head another black Line croifes this. The flag Feathers of the Wings are in Number 20, 

 (of which the outermoft is the fhorteftj black and marked with femicircular white Spots ; 

 the interior corert Feathers of the Wings are white, and make up part of thofe white 

 Spots, mentioned on the Shoulders ; the middlcmoft are wholly black ; the exterior have 

 one or two white Spots ; the Ridge or Bafe of the Wing is white. 



The Tail is 3 Inches and a half long made up of 10 Feathers being ftrong, ftiff, fliarp-f 

 pointed and bending inwards ; the Shafts, as in others, are not produced to the outmoil 

 Tip (perchance worn or broken off with climbing) by reafon whereof the Feathers ap- 

 pear forked ; the outmoft tail Feather on each Side is fmall, black, and has a white Spot 

 on the exterior Web ; in the two next the lower Part is black and the reft white with two 

 tranfverfe black Spots or Stroaks, of which the upper cuts both Webs of the Feather, 

 the lower only the interior ; in the third the black reacheth higher, and the white Part 

 hath only one tranfverfe black Stroak ; the fourth Pair arc all black, having only a femi- 

 circular Spot of white toward the Top, the very Tip being of a redifh white; the two 

 middlemoft are wholly black; thefe Spots differ in fome Birds both in the Wings and TaiL 

 The Feet and Legs are of a lead Colour, the Toes ftanding 2 forward and 2 backward, as 

 in others of this Kind ; the 2 fore Toes likewifc are conneded from the Divarication-place 

 to the firfl Joint. 



It hath a fmall Liver with a Gall annexed ; the Breail-bone is very long, produced to 

 the Vent ; it hath likewife a fmall Gizzard or Stomach, in which when diffedted were 

 found Centipedes and Beetles ; the Guts lie deep within the Body, that they be not hurt 

 when the Bird turns her Head downwards and flrikes Trees with her Bill. It is common 

 BJ this and the reft of this Kind to want the blind Guts. 



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