THE 
WHITE-BILLED WOODPECKER. 
Bill polyedral, strait, wedge-shaped towards the 
tip. 
Nostrils covered by recumbent setaceous fea¬ 
thers. 
Tongue worm-shaped, very long, sharp-pointed, 
and edged towards the tip with reversed 
bristles. 
Feet scansorial. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Black WOODPECKER with scarlet crest and 
white neck-stripe and secondaries. 
WHITE-BILLED WOODPECKER. 
Catesb. Carol, l. pi. id. 
Pic a bee blanc. 
Buff’. 7 . p. 40. PI. Enl. O 90 . 
The Picus principalis or White-billed Woodpecker, 
extremely nearly allied to the Picus pileatus, is a 
native of the same parts of North America, and is 
of similar habits. It is said that the Indian chiefs 
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