the tongue is ; flat, with the margins-itiprojectin-g each side and
sgrr,ated Jm,ckwards, plain; - above, 8pfapw|m l beneath, and»« acute
^tthediip., H
.Linné, Brissoa, and • Afhjft^aaterior - writers^ coidbunded’ this
pp^thern bird with a -tropical i-speeiesr^ the Southern - Three-toed
ijpppdpooker, Pieds undulatus Of Wiedlot* which inhabits Guiana,
and, though, .very rarely, Central Amerioajrbtiit never so far north
as t|Le -United States. It is the> southern spdffies of which;Briss©n
has gjyfn ua^ hey-des-eription. while Linnfh described the pneseaf,
Tt. e ^ r t hejess>, probable that he had the; other in view,.-when
h e , o%ÇïWes'd k at j in European specimens the crown was yellOwj
and in -the ^American, ,red, though,-as he states, from Hudsonfe
Bay. ^Th^.latter^mj^takovwas Gorsrected h y Eatham, who however
continued to consider the southern as no more .than a variety; in
\yhichdie was mistaken, since They- -are widely distinct ; »but as »lié
h ad no opportunity of seeing’specimens he is not hdihe censured!,
e^)eç,ially as he directed the attention, Pf naturalists to the subject.
TThp-j mpjht : of firmly establishing the two species, i&> «.we- believe;
due^tp A^ieiüotï, »Besides several -other, traits, the; northern bai?$.
|&.always to be distinguished in every state, of plumage d?R©m its
gpp.tj^^i.a^al^ne^byï^at.curiousïcharâêtervwhetteêi^ieillotii'opk
Mssâighl|5 ch^a,ctpspti.c name, {Pieus hirsutus, Pie à pieds v ê tud)
the feathered.tarsi, a peculiarity whichithis alone possesses to-the
same extent. The -plumhge is an unifox*m black above in the
adult, with the top of theb e ad ; yellow in the male; while the
s.puthern, whiQse tarsi are naked, is black undulated, with white*,
the male having .the? sinciput red. It is worthy of remark, that
the. th^ee-toed group,-found in Arctic* and-in tropical America,
should have no representative in the intermediate countries.
Although these are the only three-toed Woodpeckers moted, .as
|i ^ h in -the booksj-,several others, are known» to. exist,- some df
which, long since-discovered, have through- inadvertence** or want
®he- i& l i - n ^ aW o c l l ^ ^ ^ sV h '^ tb ^ ^ f o r ^ d ^ ih tW
ffehus, a;raa'std^otidn^i With ll^l.^fer^ i g l r ^ . A ^ ^ cifh%i#|f|&
e rititlfed ^ they aJrhpfe,e’ss€d^th%> e t h e r ^ h l ^ © ^ ^ ® f% ^ ^ 1^.
butt«he’&i5i?eshthat - this* 'dhaha1©ter,^appe'atrs* i!d^bi^'’insul^ledj ahd* 'Of
s e n o n f e r^ i^m - f^ f eW e ^ ti^ ^ l forrb^dfkife’h ill kfeowhtaM)^
thefiowskoed^fs'prcihs| atee* >met
ought&therefofte gfc%s ^ H e f e '^ a ^ ^ m s « ,
Jmsteadt -ofh a^ingfeo by life
anomalous %eciesvtba?e inhabit IndSa, o fe ^ ^ ^ d n ly -^
stump* destitiitdt^f nail^J ctnd^pjdfot^S' ‘ ^ih^rdl^^'a^#vv ^ ^ <^di^R' ;na¥lr
^ithout-.theo'6©e,&and-asiif«natu|h*d6h&'deldght#i# lb ^ % '§ ^ -jSfrd
gra(Mahtransition#two»htbdFs^migMd»Vith^bM-‘¥0^andmail,
have .thwrbe^Meedingly shost-p- abd* tbed
-mis sehve^'m dempns-tirate ‘that '^W b f e ^ 'd t h ^ i i a M r a ^ b h ^
.adm?ito"ofosnbdi\dsi@‘h .> d ^M ^ ^W ^ ? n @a^ f rih t^ t# !^ separations;
and th^genus?has^h@ehidefh^Ohiph¥a^^hntoufchea*tb^
#re .-great -innovatorstOf'-oUr day, t#ho* hhvPftolfyf three
genera from ittabTheefifrst # t h ^ @ * ^ 5^ f § M | | duraMs
«# North- America* m a y ? b ^ t^ n^ f e ^ t h e ^ ^ e ^ o ® p h i s d S ’the
#e«fes'4iat*b^fo-u»*4tows>and slightly curved bills, forming the
passage- tfo 'Cumins; ^another,1 %W- -wMeh^g^n*amh^of•fPiths' 'i§
retained»,- -in«lude^ thfe< fouF'-toed ’^'e'&iefs^Mth -.str'adght' bill'^'a'rfd
the third<for the ;ithree^toWdt!§*phMls • indiscHmibately. # h e %6Mf
fofeigh'.thred-toedhlpeeies in* ou^ o t a ^ ^ tffe | M PicWs
bengalemis I of' ioMors, {Pious tig-a fe'P' H*orsfiel-d)^Wi,(fel^' s£rehd
through-»tropical-Asia and the * adjhc'edt^ M h n d sf'W d ^ th 'o n ^
loiigosmfce known, salWayV ranked -as-r fhW‘:itohd, has ihh'bilP p i#
eisely. similar to the »«four-toed* sffeeies, ;lleii|§# eve% remarkably
compressed,' andf’Ver.y^h^Fp?ott-the riig§!ti§
"AThe -Male- Northern fWee--toe'd Woodpecker-is 'ten ^ n t e
long, antb^ixteen»» in e-itenfi'^the*- bill m'ea'sur^'Oae iffifeh and a