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Woodpecker TapestryA tapestry designed by William Morris, inspired by a story from Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses, in which a sorceress transforms King Picus into a woodpecker, having refused to become here lover
Eastern towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmusNest and eggs of the eastern towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Edwin Sheppard from Thomas George Gentrys Nests and Eggs of the Birds of the United States
Scarlet macaw, Ara macao, and great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d
Common kingfisher, Alcedo ispida, and northern flicker or yellowhammer, Colaptes auratus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys
Ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis (White billed woodpecker Picus principalis). Critically endangered. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder
Pileated woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus (Picus pileatus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw
Crimson-crested woodpecker, Campephilus melanoleucos (Buff-crested woodpecker, Picus melanoleucus). Based on a skin in the Leverian Museum
White-bellied woodpecker, Dryocopus javensisWhite-bellied woodpecker variety, Dryocopus javensis (Crawfurds woodpecker, Picus crawfurdii). Handcoloured engraving after a specimen in Crawfurds Museum from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by
Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus (Black-bearded woodpecker, Picus melanopogon). Handcoloured engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1829
Blond-crested woodpecker, Celeus flavescens (Yellow-crested woodpecker, Picus flavescens). From a specimen in the possession of Thomas Pennant
Woodland scene with Green WoodpeckerA woodland scene with wildflowers and a Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) in flight. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Picus into WoodpeckerPicus, a Roman forest deity, rejects the offered affection of the witch Circe, so to avenge herself she changes him into a woodpecker
Lesser Yellownape, Picus chlorolophusNumber 19 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833
Grey-headed Woodpecker, Picus canusNumber 18 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833
Spot-breasted woodpecker or least woodpecker, Colaptes punctigula.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800
European green woodpecker, Picus viridis, and Eurasian Wryneck, Jynx torquilla.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology
Greater spotted woodpecker, Picus major, Dendrocopos major.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821
Green woodpecker, Picus viridis.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821
Picus miniaceus, banded woodpeckerPlate 22, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Picus viridus, green woodpeckerPlate facing page 22 from John and Elizabeth Goulds M.S. Notes for Birds of Europe Insessores, Vol. 2 (1832-37)
Picus xanthopygaeus, Picus squamatusPlate 35, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Picus viridis, green woodpeckerPencil and monochrome wash by Frederick William Frohawk sketched from life as seen through a telescope, (c. 1920)
Picuss Widow GrievesWhen her husband Picus is turned into a magpie by Circe, his widow Canenta has nothing to live for : she is (literally) consumed by grief, haunting his deathplace
Picus into a MagpieThe witch Circe falls enamoured of Picus, son of Saturn; but when he doesn t reciprocate her affections, she transforms him into a magpie (pica)