SPOTTED INDIAN WOODPECKER. 
of Guinea and Brasil ; which suspend their cu- 
riously constructed nests from the extremities 
of the branches of trees, equally secure from 
the monkies on the sam.e boughs, who dare 
not venture so far, and the numerous snakes, 
•which in vain wreathe their terrific forms 
around the trunks below. 
The Spotted Indian Woodpecker, or Picus 
Benga]ensis of Linnsus, is called by Albin the 
Bengal Creeper ; and, by BufFon, the Green 
Woodpecker of Bengal. 
Wc have adopted, however, both the namfc 
and the figure of Edwards. 
It is smaller than the Green European 
Woodpecker ; and has along, ftraight, blackish 
bill, ridged on the upper part. The cra^\'n of 
the licad, from the bill backwards, and beyond 
tlie eyes, is black speckled with white ; but 
I'lc hinder part of the head is covered witli 
long scarlet feathers, tending backwards in 
form of a crest. The sides of tlie head below 
the eves ars white ; and the throat, from the 
bill 
