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BANK WOODPECKER. 

 (Picus Pitius.) 



P.Juscus, albo guttatus, cauda brevi. 

 Brown Woodpecker with white spots and short tail. 

 Picus pitius. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 432. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 

 234. 26. 



Bank Woodpecker. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 141. 3. 



The plumage of the Bank Woodpecker is en- 

 tirely brown, spotted with white, and the bird is 

 about the size of a Pigeon : it is an inhabitant of 

 Chili ; it does not make its nest in the hollows of 

 trees, like the rest of the genus, but in holes on 

 the elevated banks of rivers: it lays four eggs: 

 and it is much esteemed as food by the natives : 

 its tail is very short. 



