THE 
LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 
Generic Character. 
Bill angular, ftrait, cuncated at the tip. 
Nojlrils covered with refledted fetaceous feathers. 
Tongue c}dindric, worm-flraped, very long, fliarp- 
pointed, and generally aculeated at the tip 
with reflex briftles. 
Feet fcanforial. 
Specie ic Character, &c. 
BLACK and WHITE WOODPECKER, with 
the top of the head crimfon j the vent pale 
brown. 
The LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 
IVill. orn. 138. pi. 
Le PETIT EPEICHE. 
Buff. oif. 7. p. 62. 
P/. enl. 598. 
The beautiful fpecies of Woodpecker here figured 
in its natural fize, is the fmallcft of the genus 
which our own country produces, or even the reft of 
C 1 Europe. 
