Order III. SCANSORES. 
Family III. PiciD/K. 
The third Subfamily, 
PICIN/E, or Woodpeckers, 
have the Bill more or less long, broad at the base, much compressed towards the tip, which is 
truncated ; the sides of the upper mandible sloping, and furnished with a lateral ridge that springs 
from the middle at the base, gradually bends towards the lateral margin, and then extends above it to 
the tip : the outer posterior Toe generally longer than the outer anterior toe. 
Picoides Lac'ep .* 
Bill shorterthan the head, straight ; the base broader than high, and covered with projecting feathers ; 
the sides compressed towards the tip, which is rather pointed; the gonys lengthened, and advancing 
upwards. Wings moderate and pointed, with the second, third, and fourth quills the longest Tad 
moderate, wedge-shaped, and rigid. Tarsi as long as the anterior outer toe, and partly covered with 
feathers. 71 err short and nearly equal ; the outer posterior toe longer than the anterior one ; the inner 
posterior toe wanting ; the claws long, much compressed, and curved. 
Thee birds inhabit the forests of the northern parts of both he*. £ ^^ 2^2 
four to six in number. 
1. P. tridactylus (Linn.) Werner’s Atlas to Tcmra. Man. pi. - 
Picoides europanis Less. ; P. crissoleucos Brandt. 
2. P. arcticus (Rich. & Sw.) Faun. Bor. Amer. pi. 57.— Ptcus 
tridactylus Pr. Bonap. Amer. Orn. pi. 14. f. 2. 
3. P. hirsutus (Vieill.) Ois. d’ Amer. Sept. t. 124. — Pieus tri- 
dactylus Rich. Sf Sw. Faun. Bor. Amer. pi. 56. j P. undulatus 
Vieill. 
Ficus Linn . f 
Bill moderate the base equally broad as high, the sides sloping, and beneath the lower mandible 
rounded • the nostrils basal, lateral, and hidden by the strong projecting bristles. Wmgs rather short 
Xintcd with the fourth quill the longest. Tail lengthened and rounded. Tar, n shorter than the 
anterior outer toe. Toes unequal, with the anterior outer one shorter than the outer poster, or toe ; the 
inner posterior toe short ; the claws sti ong and curved. 
, . 0 r. fl ■_ most narts of the world, in some places migrating from the north to 
The birds that compose tins genus a Th 1 2 fr uent the forests, woods, and orchards, and are observed 
the south, and vice versa, according to the season. J 1 
, , v T . , . . , veen 1800 ami 1801. Tridactylia of Shaw (1815) and Apternus of Mr. Swainson (1831) are coequal. 
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