i ? 8 0<%3VilTH0L0gy. Book II. 



§. IV. 



The lejjer fyotted Woodpecker or Hickpall, Picus varius minor. 



THis is for fhape and colour like to the laft defcribed, but much lefs, weighing 

 fcarceanounce^ being in length from Bill to Tail not more than fix inches j 

 though the Wings extended were no lefs than eleven inches broad from tip to tip. 



The Tail confifted of ten feathers, from the exteriour to the middlemoft gradu- 

 ally longer each than other, the two middlemoft being the longeft. Of thefe the 

 four middlemoft are whdlly black, ftrong, (harp, and bending inward, as in the reft 

 of this kind, fo made to fuftain the body when fhe climbs trees : The three exteriour 

 are lefs (harp, of which the outmoft and leaft hath the bottom black, and the upper 

 part white, with two tranfverfe black fpots. In the next the black part is extended 

 in the inner Web as far as the/econd tranfverfe black fpot; in the outer the, white 

 reacheth lower, yet hath it only one tranfverfe black fpot toward the top. The third 

 is black, having only the tip white. 



The Throat, Breaft, and Belly are of a fordid white, above the Nofthrils it is of a 

 dusky colour, and on the head it hath a white fpot. The hinder part of the head is 

 black, From the Eyes to the middle of the Neck two broad lines of white feathers 

 terminated on both fides with black are produced, concurring about the middle of 

 the Neck [ only the feathers that cover the Ears are of the fame colour with the 

 Breaft. ] The upper part of the Back, and upper covert feathers of the Wings are 

 black. The prime feathers and reft of the covert feathers are elegantly fpotted with 

 white femicircular fpots. The middle part of the ^ack is white with crofs lines of 

 black. The Bill, Tongue, Irides, Feet and Toes like thofe of the laft defcribed. 

 The Legs feathered, but not down to the Toes: The Claws black and crooked. The 

 fame number of prime feathers in Wings and Tail. The Stomach difle&ed was full 

 of Infe&s. 

 . It wants the Appendices or blind Guts, like the reft of this kind. 



The Cock differs from the Hen in that inftead of a white fpot on the head is hath 

 one of a lovely red or Crimf on. 



Aldrovandm writes, that this kind wants thofe red fpots on the Head and Rump 3 

 which is true of the Female, but not of the Male, for his Head, as we faid, is marked 

 with a red fpot. 



§. V. 



* The Brafdian parti-coloured Woodpecker, called Ipecu, Marggrave. 



THis Bird is about the bignefs of a Dove. The length of the Neck was two 

 inches, of the body four, of the Tail alfb four, of the Legs almoft an inch 

 and half. It hath four Toes in its Feet, two ftanding forwards, and two backwards, 

 as in Parrots. The Head is covered with feathers of a Vermilion colour, on which 

 alfb it hath a Creft like a Dove. The Neck underneath is black to the very Bill, as 

 alfb above : But in both fides there is a broad white line produced toward the Back 

 \_ divifim. ~] The Wings are outwardly all over black, inwardly white : The Tail 

 black. In the Belly and upper part of the Legs the feathers are black and white. Its 

 Bill is ftreight, (harp-pointed, an inch and half long, wherewith it pierces the barks 

 of trees, as the Woodpecker. 



$. VI. 



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The Wryneck.: lynx five Torquilla. 



THis Bird is of the bignefs of the common Lark., or fbmewhat lefs: It weighs 

 more than an ounce. Its length from the tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail 

 {even inches and an half: The breadth of the Wings fpread eleven inches. The Bill 

 is (hort, fmaller, and lefs triangular than in the reft of this kind, of a lead-colour. 

 The Tongue round, ending in a fharp bony thorn, which it can dart out to a great 

 length, and withdraw again, like the reft of this kind.' Thelrides of the Eyes of a 

 yellow hazel colour. The Feet and Legs fhort 3 of a pale lead colour [or, as I defcribed 

 them of a fleih colour. "I 



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