The lejfer black Woodpecker.
Numb. X X I I I .
IT S length from the tip of the Bill to the end of the
T3.1l is fix Inches } the Breadth^ when the Wings were expanded,
eleven Inches and a half5 the Bill was an Inch and
a half long, of a brown Colour } the Tongue long, as in
other Woodpeckers} the Irides of the Eyes whitiih, the
fore part of the top of the Head was black, the hind* part
red} the reft of the Bird was black, excepting the Edge of
the fcapular part of theWing, and under the Vent, where
it had fonie white Feathers} the Legs and Feet were yellow-
ifh, the Claws black} the Tongue long and ftiff, as in
other Woodpeckers: This Bird I had from a Gentleman very
curious in Birds, he told me it came from New England.
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