SPOTTED INDIAN WOODPECKER. 
however, he ackno vvledges, has it's bill one- 
third larger than that of Bengal, or our Spot- 
ted Indian Woodpecker of Edwards. 
The Green Bengal Woodpecker of Brisson, 
as well as his Cape of Good Hope Wood- 
pecker, which last bears a still closer resem- 
blance, BufFon positively classes with this 
Bengal or Spotted Indian Woodpecker. He 
is of opinion, that Brisson described tlie Cape 
Woodpecker from nature, and the other from 
Edwards's figure. 
