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Venn. Br. ZqqL N c 89. pL 37 



Amer. r ZooL 

 Le petit pic varie. Br if. Orn. iv, p* 41. N° 15, 

 Le petit Epeiche. Buff. Oif 7. />. 62.— PL enl 598, 

 Kleiner bunt. Specht. Frifch. t. 37. 

 Baumbackterl. Kramer. 336. N° 5. 



This is the fmallefl European fpecies of the Woodpecker genus; 

 We have any knowledge of at this time ; its length is fix inches, breadth 

 eleven inches, and weight one ounce. 



It vifits orchards, and feeds en the larva of infects, which it fome- 

 times pecks out of the trunks of trees or decayed wood. It builds in 

 an hole of a tree* Our figure reprefent§ the male ; the female has the 

 crown of the head white. — This fpecies is not commonly met with 

 in England. 



Buffon fays it inhabits moft of the provinces of France *, and Lin- 

 naus obferves it inhabits the higher parts of Afia \ it is faid alfo to be 

 feen as far north as Denniark^ Ruffia^ and Siberia. 



Pennant remarks it has all the characters and actions of the greater 

 kind, but is not fo often met with. 



% Salerne denies its being found in France. Om. p. 107. 



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