20 Forest Birds. 



feathers running tinder the eye from the base of the 

 lower mandible to the end of the skull. 



The young of the Green Woodpecker, during the 

 first year, may be distinguished from the adult birds 

 by the speckled plumage on the back, and the 

 general dulness of their colouration, when com- 

 pared with the mature birds. 



