GREEX WOODPECKER. 79 



white; upper tail coverts, yellow; under tail coverts, with 

 dusky greenish transverse markings; legs and toes, blackish 

 grev, with a tinge of green, and strong, with large scales in 

 front, and small ones behind; the toes are roughened beneath, 

 as in all the rest of the genus; two toes are in front and 

 two behind; claws, black and much hooked. 



Female; length, about one foot; there is no red on the 

 black moustache, and less on the crown than in the male. 

 The whole plumage is also more dull in colour. 



The young have the scarlet of the moustache, which is 

 itself faint, as is the black round the eye and that on the 

 head, mixed with yellow, greyish white, and greyish black; 

 the neck, chin, and throat are dull greyish white, with a 

 tinge of dull yellowish green, streaked with greyish black; 

 the breast the same, but barred transversely; on the back 

 and wings the green feathers are interspersed with grey, and 

 tipped with yellow, and have a yellowish white mark along 

 the shafts. 



Temminck says that varieties of a yellowish white colour 

 occasionally occur. 



