the 



LEAST WOODPECKER, 



Generic Character. 



Bill angular, ft rait, cuneated at the tip. 

 Noftrils covered with reflected briftly feathers, 

 Tongue cylindric, worm-fhaped, very long, fharp^ 



pointed, and (generally) aculeated at the 



tip with reflex briftles. 

 Vect formed for climbing, viz. two toes forward 



and two backward. 



Lin. Syjt. Nat, 



Specific Character j &c. 



CHESNUT-GREY WOODPECKER, with the 

 top of the head crimfon, and the back pari 

 black fpeckled with white* 



Le tres petit PIC DE CAYENNE. 



Buff. Oif. 7 . p. 37 . 



MINUTE WOODPECKER. 



Lath Synopf. vol. l. p. §g&. 



The fpecies of Woodpeckers are very numerous ; and 

 of all the fpecies yet difcovered, this is by far the leaft. 

 The place rcprefents it in its natural fize. It is a 

 native of Cayenne in South America. 



