128 A HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN BIRDS. 
GRECIAN WOODPECKER. 
Picus lilfordi Garpe and Dresser. 
Adult Male: Resembles preceding, but has upper part of 
back, and Jars across all the white parts black ; forehead, sides 
of face and ear-coverts yellowish-white ; hinder extremity of 
black band, bordering sides of throat, extended laterally, reach- 
ing above almost to the crown, and beneath nearly to the 
centre of the chest ; under parts much more generally suffused 
with red than in D. Zeuconotus ; bill, legs and feet leaden-grey ; 
irides reddish. Length 10°5 inches; culmen 1°6; wimg 5:2: 
tail 358 5, tarsus’ ©. 
Adult Female: Crown black, less striped beneath. 
Distribution : Resident in Turkey, Greece, and probably 
in Southern Russia. 
Habitat: Similar to that of D. major. 
MIDDLE SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 
Picus medius Zznn. 
Adult Male: Forehead buff; fore part of crow crimson, 
bordered on either side zth white; sides of head whitish: 
occiput black; entire chin and ¢hroat white, not bordered by 
black ; chest tinged with yellowish and crossed by a crescentic 
band of black, which nearly meets in the centre; breast and 
abdomen washed with rose-colour ; sides striped with black ; 
bill slender, bluish-grey ; legs and feet leaden-grey ; irides cin- 
nabar-red ; in other respects like D. major. Length 8 to 8°5 
inches; culmen 1; wing g&; tail 3°3; tarsus o°8. 
Adult Female: Similar but somewhat paler, and shows 
less black upon the chest. 
Young: Less crimson on crown ; back tinged with brown ; 
breast yellowish-white, shading into pale crimson on ‘lower 
abdomen ; sides more copiously streaked with black. 
Distribution : Resident in most temperate countries of 
the European continent. Does not occur in Great Britain. 
Habitat: Usually to be met with in deciduous woods, 
partial to oak and beech. . 
