Society for the Protection of Birds, 
EDUCATIONAL SERIES. Edited by H. E. DRESSER; F.LS.; E:Z:S; 
No. 2,—_WOODPECKERS. 
By Sin HERBERT MAXWELL, Barr., M.P., ete. 
LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 
I. Nme—VW/OODPECKER. 
Family—Picide. 
Genus—1l. Dendrocopus. Dendrocopus major. Great Spotted Woodpecker. 
Dendrocopus minor. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. 
Genus—2. Gecinus. Gecinus viridis. Green Woodpecker, or Yafile. 
II.—General Description. 
Great Sporrep Wooprrecker.—Crown and upper parts black, a crimson patch on the 
back of the head, a white spot on each side of the neck; scapulars, lesser wing coverts, 
and under parts white; belly and under tail coverts crimson. (Female without 
crimson on head.) Length, 93 in.; wing closed, 5?in.; tail, 4in. 
Lesser Spotrep Wooprrcker.—Forehead and lower parts dirty white ; crown bright 
red; nape, back, and wings black with white bars; tail black, the outer feathers 
tipped with white and barred with black; iris red. (Female without crimson on 
head.) Length, 54 in. ; wing closed, 3$in.; tail, 2} in. 
GREEN WooprEcKER.—Upper parts olive green; rump yellow; under parts greenish 
grey ; crown, back of the head, and moustaches crimson; face, black. (Female 
less crimson on the head; moustaches black.) Length, 13. in. ; wing closed, 6} in. ; 
tail, 43 in. 
Illustration from “British Birds in their Haunts,’ by Johns. By kind permission of the Society for 
Promoting Christian Knowledge. 
