piri— PiriD.E iGi 



D. leucotus lilt'ordi (Sharpe and Dresser). Rump with broad 

 black bars ; flanks broader streaked, ear coverts entirely enclosed 

 in black. 



Resident. — lialkan Peninsula, from Dalmatia to Macedonia ; 

 also Asia Minor to Transcaucasia. Rare visitor Italy. 



Dryobates minor minor (L.). Lesser Si'Otted Wood- 

 pecker. Fr. Pic cpeichette ; Ger. Kleiner liuntspecht ; Ital. 

 Picchio minore ; Swed. Lilla Hackspett. 



c^ Above black, barred white ; centre of crown crimson ; 

 forehead and cheeks buffy white ; ear coverts pale brown, sides 

 of neck white ; beneath dull white streaked on flanks and sides 

 of breast ; tail, two central pairs of feathers black, rest white 

 barred black. IJill, legs and feet dark plumbeous. Wing ^ 9 

 89-96(H.). Tarsus 13-15. Bill 12-13. 9 has no crimson on crown. 



Resideiit. — Scandinavia and N. Russia to 67° N., Baltic 

 Provinces, E. Prussia, Poland, C. Russia to Volga and Orenburg. 



D. minor hortorum (Brehm). Beneath pale brown, sides more 

 distinctly streaked. Wing shorter than in "minor," 87-93 (J^^O- 



Resident. — France, Switzerland, Germany, and through Austria 

 and Hungary to Rumania and liulgaria. 



D. minor comminutus Hartert. Still smaller than " hortorum," 

 undcrparts darker brown, streaks on sides and bars on tail feathers 

 narrower. Wing ^ 9 85-89. 



Resident. — S. and C. England, Holland. \'ery rare Scotland 

 and Ireland. 



D. minor buturlini Hartert. Is like " hortorum " but streaks on 

 sides and dark bars on tail broader. Wing rather shorter, 82-88 (H.). 



Resident. — France (Riviera and C. Pyrenees), Italy, through 

 Balkans to Greece and Turkey. 



D. minor ledouci (iMallicrbe). Similar to "buturlini'' but 

 black deeper. 



Resident, — N. Algeria and N. Tunisia. 



D. minor colchicus (Buturlin). Difficult to separate from 

 " ledouci, ■ but has faint traces of a black ring surrounding car 

 coverts; this becomes complete in " D. minor danfi)rdi" from 

 Asia Minor. Wing 84-90 (IJuturlin). 



Resident. — Caucasus. 



