Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Character: Lie Kangxi Strokes: 17 Page 1488, Entry 06 Pronounced lie. Lie is the woodpecker. It frequently pecks at trees to eat insects. Classic of Poetry (Erya), Interpretation of Birds: Lie is the woodpecker. Records of Unusual Things (Yiwuzhi): This bird varies in size. Some are brown and some are patterned; the brown ones are female, and the patterned ones are male. Additionally, there is a variety found in the mountains that is bluish-black with red feathers on its head; the local people call it the mountain woodpecker, or also the fire crow. Poems of Wang Yuanzhi: The woodpecker of Huainan is as large as a crow, and the top of its head is as red as if piled with cinnabar like a crane. Expanded Encyclopedia (Piya): The woodpecker is skilled at performing forbidden arts; it can curl its claws to draw signs upon the ground, and by doing so, obstructed tree holes will open of their own accord. When it flies away, it uses its wings to wipe the signs clean.