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BRITISH BIRDS 



The Green Woodpecker. 



Rather larger than the Greater Spotted, and a much 

 handsomer bird; the prevailing colour of its plumage being 

 green of the shade seen in Indian Parrakeets on the back, 



Green Woodpeckers. 



but greyer on the breast : it has a scarlet cap, and a red 

 streak in the centre of the black moustache ; the lores are 

 black, and the same colour extends beyond the eye back- 

 wards to the middle of the head. The primaries are 

 spotted with white, and the tail is traversed by yellow bars. 

 The rump is yellow. 



