JAMAICA WOODPECKER.. 
maica, either by Sir Hans Sloane, or Dr. 
Browne, who has- lately travelled ail over the 
island in search of it's natural produ6lions* 
Though there arc a good number of Wood- 
p'eckers on the continent of America — Gatesby 
has described about eight different species of 
them — the nearest to this of Jamaica, thoiigU 
Something different, is his Red -Bellied Wood- 
pecker, vol. I. p. 19. of his Natural liistotf 
of Carolina.'* 
BufTon appears, therefore, to be also mis- 
taken, in asserting that, " this bifd occurs 
likewise in Carolina:'* as well as in stathig; 
that, ** notwithstanding some differences, it 
may be recognized in the Red-Bellied Woo'd!- 
pecker of Catcsby.'* 
Yet, into this last error, it may be pVc- 
vSumed, not only Buffon, but LinniEus him- 
self, as well as Pennant and Latham, have all 
fallen. So, at least, it appears to us, who fcel 
satisfied by the reasoning of Edwards. 
** Those," says this excellent naturalist, 
wlio would see very particular observations 
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