GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 153 



red colour covers the whole of the top of the head, but is 

 not so bright in tint as the occipital patch of the old male, 

 and is sometimes mixed with a few black feathers. In 

 this state of plumage this young bird has been confounded 

 with, and quoted as the Picus medius of Linnams, a black 

 and white Woodpecker of the Continent of Europe, which 

 there is no reason to believe has ever been killed in this 

 country. 



The figure below represents the character and position 

 of the toes in the Woodpeckers. 



