73 piciD^. 
58. Gecinus VAiLLANTii. The Algerian Green Woodpccker. 
Moorish. Nakab el debak (The borer of the bark) . 
" Resident near Tangier, but not so common as Picv.s nu- 
midicus ; like the latter avoiding the haunts of men and living 
in large woods. They nest in holes of trees in April and May, 
and lay from five to eight shining white eggs. The males 
assist in incubation.^^ — Favier. 
I found this Green Woodpecker to be common near Tetuan 
and in the province of Angera, especially among the short 
stunted trees which grow in the valleys about Jebel Moosa ; 
nearer towards Tangier it is rare, the scarcity of trees account- 
ing for its absence ; in habits and in note it agrees with G. 
viridis. 
The marks which distinguish it from that species are the 
same as those in G. Sharpii, in addition to which the mous- 
tachial stripe of the adult male, which is red in both G. viridis 
and G. Sharpii, is black in the present species ; specimens 
from Tetuan agree in size with both the Spanish and Common 
Green Woodpecker. It is needless to add I have never seen 
this African form on the European side. 
Irides white. 
59. Gecinus canus, Gm. The Grey-headed Green Wood- 
pecker. 
I have never encountered this bird in Andalucia'; but there 
is or was a specimen in an Instituto at Seville, said to have 
been obtained in the neighbourhood, and Lord Lilford records 
it from the vicinity of Madrid. 
It is easily distinguished by the grey head and neck, the 
adult male only having a crimson patch on the fore part of 
the head. 
60. YuNX TORQUiLLA, L. The Wryneck. 
Spanish. Torcecuello. 
" Rather scarce and seen only in pairs near Tangier dm'ing 
passage, crossing the Straits in March and April, returning 
in August and September, but occasionally observed up to 
December." — Favier, 
