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| “Tur WOODPECKER 
~The beak is ftrong, ftrait, of a many-fided figure, chan« 
nelled, and at,the point formed like a wedge. 
The noftrils covered with fetaceous feathers, or feathers. 
te briftles. 
The tongue fmcoth, fhaped like a worm, very long, 
ig armed ‘at theeend with a fharp bony point, barbed on each 
} fide, or rather. befet with little briftles, which turn backe 
bi wards, and are covered with a kind of glue. 
The toes, m all but one kind, are placed two behind and , 
| two before, for climbing. 
NHE tongue ending in a fharp bony point, - 
_# with briftles on each fide, is very fit for 
Ve ‘taking flies. or ants. out of hollows in the barks of 
" tees; and flies and iia and other infeéts, are its 
Be food. 
. The Woodpecker’s legs are fhortand trong, for 
i - climbing: and their toes, placed two before ant two 
behind, enables them to run up and down the trees, 
‘i and'to hold fafk | vy the branches. The feathers of 
-. their tails are Riff, fharp-pointed, and bend down- 
; wards, and they bear. with the ends of them 
again the fide of the tree, and fo fupport them. 
elves, either when they are climbing up, or de- 
7 feending with their heads downwards. 
4 When 

