THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. 
The original figure of this bird was drawn 
bv Edwards, of the natural size: we have been 
under the necessity of considerably reducing 
it; but', in other respects, our figure is the same, 
Edwards observes, that this bird " agrees in 
magnitude with our Greatest Spotted Wood- 
pecker ; or Fire-Tail, as it is in some places 
called. 
" Two of these birds," continues he, 
*| were brought from Hudson's Bay, by Mr. 
Isham ; and another I have seen in the hands 
of Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. which all agree 
ia the structure of their feet, as well as in other 
respects. I had imagined this bird to be a 
non-descript ; but believe I am mistaken : for, 
happening to see a Natural History of Sweden, 
by Carolus Linnaeus ; published at Leyden, 
Ann. 1746 ; I find a Woodpecker described, 
which very nearly answers my descriptioUa 
He gives it's name and place thus: " Picus 
" Pedibus 
