130 A HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN BIRDS. 
Genus PICOIDES. 
THREE-TOED@WOODPECKER. 
Picoides tridactylus (Zznz). 
Adult Male: Forehead black and white; centre of crown 
yellow ; sides of crown and nape black ; mzddle of back white ; 
scapulars, wing and upper tail-coverts black; wings glossy 
brownish-black ; primaries spotted and tipped with white ; 
outer tail-feathers barred and tipped with white, rest of tail 
black ; sides of face and moustachial stripe black (the latter illl 
defined); large blotch on either side of occiput white ; bil- 
dark grey; legs and feet leaden-brown ; oes three in num- 
ber; irides dark reddish-brown. Length 9 inches; culmen 
I'l; wing 5; tail 34. 
Adult Female : Crown black, marked with white, show- 
ing no yellow ; wings browner ; sides of chest slightly streaked 
with black. 
Young: Very nearly resemble adult males, but have less 
yellow on crown ; black parts browner and the back and under 
parts below chest copiously marked with black. 
Distribution : Frequents Northern Europe and some parts 
of Central Europe. No authentic record from Great Britain. 
Habitat: Large woods or forests in sub-Alpine regions. 
Genus GECINUS. 
GREEN WOODPECKE RW 
Gecinus viridis (£777). 
Adult Male: Crvowz and nape scarlet mixed with grey 
back, scapulars and wing-coverts gveex ; rump yellow ; primaries 
brown, spotted on their outer webs with yellowish-white ; 
secondaries broadly washed on outer webs with green ; tail- 
feathers brown washed with green and obscurely barred ; lores, 
reston round eyes and moustachial band black, the latter washed 
with crimson; sides of neck and under parts greyish-green, 
shaded on abdomen with yellowish ; bill very dark grey, paler 
at base beneath and blackish at tip; legs and feet dark grey ; 
