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irides whitish. Length 11°5 to 12 inches; culmen 1°5; wing 
6°25 to 6°4; tail 4°2; tarsus I. 
Adult Female: No scarlet upon moustachial band, and 
less upon the crown. 
Young in first plumage: Barred throughout above 
and beneath, black absent round the eyes, that on the cheeks 
spotted with scarlet in males and with brown in females. 
Young after moulting: Greyish-green above, top of 
head grey, marked with crimson; beneath greenish, barred 
transversely with dusky-brown. 
Distribution: Inhabits the Western Palearctic region, ex- 
cepting Iceland, Faroes, Northern Africa, Spain and Palestine. 
Habitat : Resembles that of other woodpeckers. 
SHARPE’S GREEN WOODPECKER. 
Gecinus sharpii Saunders. 
Adult Male: Crown as in G. viridis ; lores, region round 
eyes and ear-coverts grey; a broad moustachial patch on either 
side of upper throat crimson, rump and upper tail-coverts 
more conspicuously yellow ; fore parts beneath greenish-grey ; 
hinder parts greenish-yellow ; bill yellowish at base beneath ; 
in all other respects closely resembles G. wivzdis. Length 10°75 
inches ; culmen 1°5 ; wing 6°25 to 6°5; tail 4°2; tarsus 1°1. 
Adult Female: Moustachial stripe black, otherwise 
similar to the male. 
Young: Mottled with dusky-brown both above and 
beneath; sides of face grey, streaked with dusky; mous- 
tachial stripe smaller, but washed with crimson in young males. 
Distribution : Resident in Central and Southern Spain. 
Habitat: Closely resembles that of G. viridis. 
GREY-HEADED GREEN WOODPECKER. 
Gecinus canus (Gwe). 
Adult Male: Differs from G. wvidis in having hinder part 
of head and nape dusky-grey, the fore part of the head only 
crimson ; feathers above and below the eyes and ear-coverts 
grey ; lores and an zmperfectly developed patch on side of throat 
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