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PICKMIRE. — A name for the Laughing- Gull. 

 PICKTARNY.— A name for the Tern. 



PICUS (Linnaeus.) — * Woodpecker,a genus thus characterised. Bill 

 as long- as, or longer than the head, straight, conical, compressed, pointed 

 angular, and wedge-shaped at the point; tongue long- and extensile, 

 worm-shaped ; nostrils at the hase oval and open, concealed by re- 

 flected bristly feathers ; wings with the first quill very short, the 

 second of mean length, the third and fourth the longest ; tail com- 

 posed of twelve, sometimes ten, elastic, stiff, and sharp-pointed feathers ; 

 feet robust, formed for climbing; two toes before, and two behind ; the 

 two fore ones joined at their base, and the back ones divided ; armed 

 with very strong and hooked claws.* 



PIE. — A name for the Oyster Catcher. 



PIED FLYCATCHER (Muscicapa luctuosa, Temminck.) 



ADULT MALE IN SUMMER. 



*Muscicapa luctuosa, Temm. Man d'Orn. 1. p. 155. — Gobe Mouche becfique, Temm. 



Ib Muscicapa atricapilla. Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 935. sp. 9. — Lath. Ind. Orn. l.p. 



467. sp. 2 Flem. Br. Anim. p. 63. — Rubetra Anglicana, Briss. Orn. 3. p. 436. 



sp. 27. — Schwartzruckiger Flugenfanger, Bechst. Nat. Duet. p. 431. — Meyer, 



Tasschenb. Deut. p. 232.— Frisch. t. 24. f. 2 Pied Flycatcher, Br. Zool. 1. 351. 



t. 135 Arct. Zool. 2. p. 391.— Lewin's Br. Birds, 3. t. 38 Lath. Syn. 3. p. 



324. 2 Mont. Orn. Diet.— Ib. Supp.— JBeituc/c's Br. Birds, 1. p. t. 195. 



MALE, FEMALE, AND YOUNG IN WINTER. 



Motacilla ficedula, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 936. sp. 10. — Sylvia ficedula, Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. p. 517. sp. 28 Muscicapa muscipeta, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 3. p. 435 



Le Bee Figue, Buff. Ois. 5. p. 187.— Ib. PI. Enl. 668.— Schwartzgraiier Flu- 

 genfanger, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 1. p. 213. — Epicurean Warbler, Arct. 

 Zool. 2. p. 419'.— Lath. Syn. 4. p. 432 — Selby, pi. 43*. figs. 2, 3. p. 148.* 



This species is about the size of a linnet. The bill is black ; irides 

 hazel ; forehead white ; crown of the head, cheeks, taking in the eyes, 

 and whole upper parts, black ; the lesser wing coverts and the greater 

 coverts of the primores are dusky ; the six first quill-feathers wholly 

 dusky, the rest white at the base, increasing till the three last feathers 

 are wholly white, except a spot of black near the point of the exterior 

 web ; the under parts of the bird, from chin to tail, are white ; the tail 

 is dusky black ; the two exterior feathers white on their outer webs, and 

 near the shaft on the inner webs, except at the point ; the legs are black. 

 The female has no white on the forehead; the whole upper parts are 

 dusky brown ; the under parts dirty white ; in the wings the white is 

 less conspicuous than in the male. 



This bird is subject to some variety : some are said to be mixed with 

 grey on the upper parts, or spotted with white on the rump or upper 

 tail coverts ; others have white on the three exterior feathers of the 

 tail ; some have only the outer feather marked with white. 



