THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. 
** Pedibus Tridaetylis, habitat in Alpibus Da- 
lekariicis/' This he extracts from Acad. 
Stock! okn 1740. So that it is an inhabitant 
of the very northern parts both of Europe 
and America. As the above-mentioned author 
ha'i given no figure of this bird," adds Ed- 
wards, " this draught is, I believe, the first 
that has been exhibited.'* 
We shall transcribe the entire description 
given by Edwards cf this bird; which, with 
what we have already extracted, will include 
all that he has said on the subject — ■ 
" It's bill is shaped as in all others of this 
genus; being, as it were, cut oiF at the point, 
where it has something like the edge of a 
chissel in a perpendicular direction : it is of a 
dirty flesh-coloun black at the point. The 
nostrils are covered with stiif" black feathers 
grovv'ing forw^ards over them. The crown of 
the head is of a gold colour. The sides of 
the head, the upper part of the neck, the back, 
and upper side of the tail and wings, are black. 
From behind ihe eyes, proceed faintish white 
lines tending downwards ; from the angles of 
the 
