ICUS VIRIDISc 
GREEN WOOD-PECKER. 
Generic Character. See Picus Martius. 
Synonyms* 
'xcus ViRiDis. Lin. Syft, i. p, 175. 12. 
rREEN Wood-Pecker. Br, ZooL 1. 84. Lath, Syn. 
2. />. 577. 25. Supt, p, 100. 
Mont. Grn. Di£t. Bewicks Bn 
Birds ^ Pt. 1. p. 140* 
I 
T is in length thirteen and in breadth eighteen inches, and 
weighs about fix ounces ; bill two inches and a half long, tip 
wedge-fhaped and very hard ; the upper mandible has a nar- 
row ridge, extending from the bafe to the tip on the furface ; 
tongue nearly eight inches long, covered with a thick gluten,, 
capable of retaining fmall infecls, the tip is fharp and horny^ 
and is furnifhed with a number of iliiF refie£led bridles ; fea- 
thers on the crown are generally fcmewhat ere6led ; toes 
fhort and ftrong, the claws very ftrong and much curved ; tail 
feathers very ftifF, inclining inwards, and are admirably adapted 
for fupporting the bird, during its fearch for food. Colours 
nearly alike in both fexes ; the female is fomewhat fmalleij, 
and has not the red fpots on the cheeks. 
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