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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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THE Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Picus minor, Linnaeus) is 

 a resident species in the British Islands; it is also a 

 resident in most parts of the Western Palearctic Region, 

 but is said not to occur in Egypt, Palestine, Iceland, or the 

 Faroes. The adult male has the upper parts black, with 

 broad bars of white ; central tail-feathers, black, remainder, 

 black, with white bars ; forehead, buff; crown, crimson ; 

 eye-streak, occiput, and nape, black ; moustache, black ; 

 cheeks and sides of face, white; chin, throat, and breast, 

 dull white, tinged with brown on sides; flanks, streaked 

 with black ; irides, reddish-brown ; bill, legs, and feet, dark 

 grey. Length, about five inches. The female shows no 

 red on the crown. The young are similar to adults, but the 

 markings are not so distinct. 



