GREEN WOODPECKER. 357 



In the adult male the space around the eyes 

 and rictus is deep black ; the crown of the head 

 running down in a narrow point upon the nape, 

 and a lengthened patch .on the jaw, are arterial 

 red, the base of each feather gray, and appear- 

 ing through and breaking the bright colour ; the 

 upper parts are siskin green, shaded on the rump 

 into gamboge yellow ; the under parts are yel- 

 lowish gray ; quills greenish black, marked on 

 the outer webs with square spots of yellowish 

 white, at the base of the inner webs with round 

 spots of the same colour ; the tail almost inclines 

 to blackish oil green, indistinctly bordered with 

 a deeper shade. In the female the crimson is 

 wanting on the jaws, where the patch with the 

 region of the eyes is black. The rest of the 

 plumage is similar to that of the male, but less 

 brilliant. In the young birds the crimson of 

 the head is less brilliant, and is more mixed 

 with grey ; and the patch on the jaw, and black 

 in the region of the eyes, are only indicated; 

 the cheeks, sides of the neck, and under parts 

 are yellowish white ; on the first appearing 

 streaked with black, and on the under parts 

 having the feathers barred and marked in the 

 centre with the same colour ; above, the plumage 

 i* siskin green, interspersed with gray, the 

 feathers marked with yellowish white along the 

 shafts. M. Temminck states, that varieties of a 

 yellowish white sometimes occur. 



From the Woodpeckers so eminently scan- 

 we pass to another genus limited in its 



