PICl — PICID.i: 157 



tail coverts barred grey, liill dark blue grey, pale below at base. 

 Legs and feet greenish leaden grey, 9 ^^ 6 '^ut rictal stripe 

 black. Wing ^ $ 165-172 (H.). liill 40-45. Young are barred 

 on underparts. 



Residoit. — Scandinavia to near Arctic Circle, Baltic Provinces, 

 N. and C, Russia east to Volga River, N,E. Germany. 



P. viridls virescens (Prehm). $ $ Wing shorter, 155-165. 

 Tarsus 28-32. Bill 35-40, also shorter. 



Resident. — Central Europe, east to Pomerania and Hungary, 

 south to Alps and S. France, north to Holland and Belgium ; 

 also England and Wales, rare N. England ; very rare Scotland 

 and Ireland. 



P. viridis pronus Hartert. Measurements as in "virescens'' 

 but bill weaker and thinner. 



Resident. — S, Switzerland, Italy, 



P. viridis sharpei (Saunders). Like "viridis" but cheeks 

 grey, in front of eye a black patch ; crimson malar stripe not 

 bordered with black ; under tail coverts not barred. Wing 

 c? 9 155-58. Bill 35-38. 



Resident. — C. and S, Spain, S. Portugal. 



In N.W. Spain examples seem intermediate, always having 

 some trace of black round malar stripe. 



P. viridis saundersi (Taczanowski). Upper parts greyer than 

 in typical form ; bill sometimes entirely dark. Wing 161-168 (H.). 

 Resident. — Caucasus. 



P. viridis dofleini Stresemann, Upper parts greyer-green than 

 in "virescens" and underparts paler ; wing as in "virescens." 

 Resident. — Macedon ia, Greece. 



P. viridis romaniae Stresemann. Underparts as in "dofleini," 

 upper parts as in "virescens" ; wing as in latter. 

 Resident. — Rumania, Bukowina. 



Picus vaillanti (Malherbe). 



Differs from " P, viridis" as follows: (^ Crimson on crown 

 bordered yellow behind, cheeks grey ; rictal strii)e black in both 

 sexes. In ^ crown grey, only occii)Ut crimson. Wing 160- 

 170(11,). 



AV.s/</t7//.— Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, 



