62 MIDDLE SPOTTED WOODPEGKEB. 



ZYGODACTYLI. 



Faintly PICID^. fBrisson.J 



Genus Picus. ( Linnceus.) 



MIDDLE SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 



Picus medius. 



Picus medius, LiNN^us. 



" varius, Brisson. 



" cyncedus, Pallas. 



Dendrocoptes medius. Gray; Hand List, No. 8555. 



Pic varie a tete 7'ouge, Of the French. 



Mittlerer Buntspecht, Of the Germans. 



Picchio rosso mezzano, Savi. 



Specific Characters. — Plumage varied; rump black; under tail coverts red; 

 flanks rose-colour, with longitudinal streaks of black. . Head carmine red in 

 both sexes. Length eight inches and a half; expanse of wing fifteen inches. 

 Tail three inches and a half. 



The Middle Spotted Woodpecker is found generally in those parts 

 of Soutliern Europe, -with, the exception of Gi'eat Britain, which are 

 inhabited by the Greater Spotted. In Sweden it is found in the 

 south, and is even more common in Skania than its congeners major 

 and minor. It is not found in Finland or Esthonia, but in Prussia 

 Proper occasional specimens have been captured. It is very common 

 in some parts of Germany, and tolerably plentiful in Switzerland, 

 Italy, and France. It is plentiful in some jDarts of Siberia, and is 

 met with all the year round in Denmark. It occurs only accidentally 

 in Holland. I have a young female which was shot by Mr. C. 

 Farman at Shitantjvek, in Bulgaria, in June, 1866. 



Salvadori (Fauna d'ltalia) writes of this bird: — '^'^ Picus medius is 

 also rare in Italy, but less so than P. leuconotus. I only possess 



