PICUS VIRIDIS, 



GREEN WO OD- PE GKE R » 



Generic Character* to Picus Martius* 



Synonyms. 



Picus Viridis. Zw. £>y?. 1. />. 175. 12. 



Green Wood-Pecker. Br. Zool. 1. 84. Lath. Syn» 



2. p. 577. 25. 100. 

 Mont. Om. Difl. Bewick's Br, 

 Birds, Pt. 1. p. 140. 



AT is in length thirteen and in breadth eighteen inches, and 

 ' weighs about fix ounces ; bill two inches and a half long, tip 

 wedge-fhaped and very hard ; the upper mandible has a nar- 

 row ridge, extending from the bafe to the tip on the furface ; 

 tongue nearly eight inches long, covered with a thick gluten, 

 capable of retaining fmall infefts, the tip is (harp and horny, 

 and is furnifhed with a number of ftiff refleded bridles ; fea- 

 thers on the crown are generally feme what erected ; toes 

 fhort and ftrong, the claws very ftrong and much curved. ; tail 

 feathers very ftiff, inclining inwards, and are admirably adapted 

 for fupporting the bird, during its fearch for food. Colours 

 nearly alike in both fexes ; the female is fomewhat fmaller, 

 and has not tire red fpots on the cheeks. 



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