Pe a E OAIIT, 
PICUS MARTIUS. 
GREAT Brack WooppPECKER. 
PIC z. 
Bill compreffed, convex. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill ftrait, ftrong, angular, and connected at the end. Noftrils 
covered with briftles reflected down. “Tongue very long, flender, 
cylindric, bony, hard and jagged at the end. “Toes two forward, two 
backward. ‘Tail of ten hard, ftiff, fharp-pointed feathers. — 
SP HQIiHIG iCHARACT.E R, 
Bill afh colour, blending to black, whitifh on the fides. Irides yellow. 
Whole bird black except the crown on the head, which is vermilion. 
Legs lead colour; covered with feathers on the fore part half their 
length. 
Picus Martius. Linn. Sy/t.1. p».173. N° 1. 
Scop. Ann. 1. p. 46. N° 51, 
Brun. N° 38. 
Picus niger maximus. Razz. Syn. p. 42. 1. 
Great Brack Wooppecker. Will. Orn. 135. pl. 21. 
Mbin. 26 ple 2g. 
Amer, Zool. 
Lath, Gen. Syn. 1. p. 552. 1s 
Arb, Loal, V1. p. 270 Ay 
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