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traxere, ‘took,’ ‘donned,’ as in Fast.IV. 561 of Ceres veiling herself in cloud: nubem trahit. So “ἐπισπᾶσθαι” is used. Ovid's description does not exactly suit any species of woodpecker, but is nearest to Picus maior, which is said to be common in Italy.
Charles Simmons. Metamorphoseon XIII. xiv. The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books XIII. and XIV. Edited, with introduction, analysis, and notes by Charles Simmons. New York. Macmillan. 1899.
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