NATURAL HISTORY. 
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tieanfingfuch trees, as they are generally oh- 
Icrvcd to thrive and flourifli, after they have left 
them. They are likewifc very iifcful in deft 
troying ants, on which they feed, as well as 
on wood- worms and infers. To take ants, 
they adopt the following curious llratagcm; 
they dart jtheir red tongues into the ant-hill, 
which the ants, from the relemblance, flip- 
pofing to be their ufual prey, fettle upon it 
in rayraids, wdiich is no Iboner done than 
they withdraw their tongues, and devour 
them. 
The green woodpecker is about thirteen 
inches long, twenty-one inches in breadth, 
and weighs lix-ounces and a half 'I'he bill 
is hard, Itrong, and fliaped like a wedge. Dr, 
Derham fays it has a neat ridge running along 
the top, which feems as if it w'as defigned by 
an artiil, both for llrcngth and beauty. The 
back, neck, and IclTer coverts of the wings, 
are green, and the rump is of a pale yel- 
low. 
To thefe may be added, the IclTcr Ipottcd, 
and Guinea woodpeckers. 
The BIRD OF PARADISE. 
A CCORDING to fome naturaliftsi 
there are nine different forts of this birdi 
but Mr. Edwards deferibes only the three 
following: vii. The greater bird of Paia- 
