THE 
GREATER SPOTTED WOOD¬ 
PECKER. 
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Generic Character. 
Bill angular, drait, cuneated at the tip. 
Nojlrils covered with reflected bridly feathers. 
Tongue cylindric, worm-fliaped, very long, fharp- 
pointed, and (generally) aculeated at the tip 
with reflex bridles. 
Beet formed for climbing, viz. two toes forward 
and two backward. 
Specific Character, &c. 
BLACK AND WHITE WOODPECKER with 
the hind-head and lower part of the abdomen 
crimfon. 
THE GREATER SPOTTED WOOD¬ 
PECKER. 
Will. orn. p. 137. pi. 21. 
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 
Pennant Brit. Zool. No. 85. 
L’EPEICHE, ou le Pic varie. 
Buf oif. 7. p. 57. 
PI. enl. 196. 595. 
The Picus major, or greater fpotted Woodpecker, 
is one of the mod elegant of the Britilh birds. It 
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