The Woodpecker.
So of the woodpecker, which is said to have been a Râja in a former birth, and still to retain his royal crest. In Italian tradition the woodpecker (Picus Martis) is a digger in forests, where he lives alone and digs and hews, and knows all hidden secrets and treasures.[143] In India the Titihrî, or sandpiper, is said to sleep with his legs in the air and thus supports the firmament.