BRITISH BIRDS 
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THE GREEN WOODPECKER* 
WOODSPITE, HIGH-HOE, HEW-HOLE, OR PICK-A-TRE&* 
( Ficus Viridis , lAn.—Le Pic Verd 3 Buff.) 
This is the largefl of the Britifh kinds, being 
thirteen inches in length : Its bill is two inches 
long, of a triangular fhape, and of a dark horn 
colour ; the outer circle of the eye is white, fur- 
rounding another of red ; the top of the head is of 
a bright crimfon, which extends down the hinder 
part of the neck, ending in a point behind ; the eye 
** Wallis, in his Hiilory of Northumberland, obferves that it is 
called by the common people Pick-a-tree, alfo Rain Fowl, from 
its being more loud and noify before rain. The old Romans 
called them Phvia aves for the fame reafon. 
