Clafs II.] B I 
Their legs are fhort, but ftrong; their thighs 
very mufcular : their toes difpofed, two back¬ 
wards, two forward : the feathers of the tail are 
very ft iff; fharp pointed and bending downwards. 
The three firft circumftances do admirably con¬ 
cur to enable them to run up and down the fides 
of trees with great fecurity ; and the ftrength of 
the tail fupports them firmly when they continue 
long in one place, either where they find plenty 
of food $ or while they are forming an accefs to 
the inferior part of the timber. This form of 
the tail makes their flight very awkward, as it 
inclines their body down; and forces them to fly 
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with lhort and frequent jerks when they would 
afcend or even keep in a line. 
This tribe lay five or fix eggs of a beautiful 
femitranfparent white. This fpecies weighs fix 
ounces and a half. Its length is thirteen inches ; 
the breadth twenty and a half. The fize and 
green color diftinguifhes it from the other kinds : 
the female differs from the male, by not having 
that fine fcarlet fpot on each fide the bill. This 
fpecies feeds often on the ground, which the 
others rarely do. 
SPECIES II. The greater fpotted Woodpecker. Plate E. 
Greater fpotted woodpecker, or 
Witwal. IVil. orn. 137. 
Raii Jyn. av. 43 - 
Brijfon av. 4. 34. 
Picus major. Lin. Jyft. 114. 
Picus varius,feualbus. Gefnerav. 709. 
HIS fpecies weighs two ounces three 
quarters 5 the length is nine inches: 
the breadth is fixteen. The bird that 
is figured is the male. The female wants that 
beautiful crimfon fpot on the head, in other re- 
fpeCts the colors of both agree. The fpecies is 
much more uncommon than the preceding ; and 
keeps altogether in the woods. 
SPECIES III. The leffer 
LefTer fpotted Woodpecker, or Hick- 
wall. Wil. orn. 138. 
Rail Jyn. av. 43. 
rpi h e male of this fpecies is exhibited 
I in the plate : the female wanting the 
JaL crimfon mark on the crown of the head. 
This fpecies is the left of the genus, fcarce 
weighing an ounce: the length is fix inches ; 
the breadth eleven. It has all the characters 
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fpotted Woodpecker. Plate E. 
Brijfon av. 4. 41. 
Picus minor. Lin. Jyf 1 114. 
Gefner av. 7 ° 9 * 
and actions of the greater kind but is much 
feldomer met with. Befides thefe, we are credibly 
informed that the Pic varie of M. Brijfon , and 
the Picus tnedius of Linntfus is found in Lan- 
cajhire. 
GENUS 
