72 PICINiE. 



bright red, the hind-neck and forepart of the back black, the 

 hind part barred with white, sides of the head and neck white, 

 with a black band ; lower parts brownish- white, longitudinally 

 streaked with dusky. Female similar, but with the crown 

 brownish- white. 



4. Picus viridis. Green Woodpecker, Upper parts yellowish- 

 green, with crimson on the head. 



GENUS II. YUNX. WRYNECK. 



Bill shortish, slender, straight, tapering, acute. Tail-feathers 

 soft and rounded at the end. 



1 . Yimcv Torquilla. Wryneck. Upper parts brownish-grey, 

 spotted, undulated, and dotted with blackish-brown. 



