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length as the seventh ; the third, fourth, and fifth, nearly 

 equal in length, but the fourth rather the longest in the wing. 



The top of the head in the female is of a dirty brownish 

 white, without any appearance of red feathers ; the white 

 patches about the ear-coverts occupy more space than in the 

 males, and the under surface of the body is tinged with dull 

 pale brown. 



Young male birds of the year assume the red colour on the 

 top of the head during their first autumn. 



The vignette below represents the tongue and its glands in 

 the head of the Great Spotted Woodpecker, of the natural 

 size, as seen when the skin is removed. The structure is the 

 same in the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, except that all 

 the parts in the latter are much smaller. 



