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GREAT BLACK
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G e n u s X X I . W O O D P E C K E R .
50. a. Malacca W.
* W I T H F O U R T O E S .
Great Black Woodpecker, Gen, Syr. ii, p, 552. I .— Aril. Zoo!, ii. p. 276. A.
' FicUs martius, Brun. N°38.— Muller, N° 97.
H pH I S is common in Ruffia, frequenting the woods, from St.
Peterfburgb to Ocbotjk on the eaftern ocean, and toLapmark on
the weft*. Is not an inhabitant o f Kamtfcbatka.
This fpecies is fo very deftruftive to Bees, that the Bafcbirians,
in the neighbourhood o f the river Ufa, as well as the inhabitants
o f other parts, who form holes in the trees twenty-five or
thirty feet from the ground, wherein the Bees may depofit their
ftore, take every precaution to hinder the accefs o f this bird j and
in particular are cautious to guard the mouth of the hive with
fharp thorns j notwithftanding which, the Woodpecker finds means
to prove a very deftrudtive enemy: and it is obferved to be in
moil plenty where the Bees are in the greatefi: numbers +.
I have heard mention made o f this fpecies having been once
feen in thefouthern parts o f this kingdom ; and Mr. Tunftall tells
me, that he has been informed, by a fkilful ornithologift, o f its*
being fometimes feen in Devonjhire.
* Aril. Zml. f Dec. BuJJt. iv. p. 9. 17.
White-
W O O D P E C K E R .
White-billed Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. 11. p. 5J3. N° 2.— Aril. Zed. ii.
N* 136.
J ^ E N G T H twenty inches. Bill the colour of the whiteft
ivory, and very blunt at the end : general colour o f the plumage
deep black: the head is crefted at the back part, and finithes
in a point; the whole of the top o f the head, as well as the creft,
la ck . from the hind part o f the eye begins a line o f white, which
paffes down on each fide o f the neck and back s at the lower part
o f the laft, the two flripes unite in a point: the firft four quills
are plain black •, the fifth is alfo black, with a white tip, and two
fpots o f white on the inner web; the fixth and feventh black,
with the ends and whole o f the inner webs white j all the other
quills wholly white : the under wing coverts are white : the tail
black, very ftiff, and the feathers greatly incurvated : legs dulky
blue : claws black.
I apprehend this to be tht female o f the white-billed fpecies,
from its having no red about its a circumftance not uncommon in
that fex of the IVoodpecker tribe.
I met with the fpecimen at Mr. Humphries’s, dealer in curiofi-.
ties, in Long-Acre, among others, in a colleftion which came from
Carolina.
Pileated Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. ii. p. J;4. No N„ ^
J .N Mr. Hutchins's manufcript I obferve a Woodpecker fimilar to
this. Length feventeen inches and a half; breadth twenty-
eight and a half; weight nine ounces and a quarter, Troy. Bill
lead-colour: forehead greenilh yellow: crown crimfon: lore
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WHITE-BILLED
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