MIDDLE SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 65 



black; shoulders white; wings black, with white spots in pairs on 

 both webs of the primaries and secondaries; breast white, with a 

 yellowish, and the belly white, with a reddish tinge, with longitudinal 

 black streaks along the sides of both; under tail coverts carmine 

 red. The side tail feathers at the end white, with black transverse 

 bands; the four middle feathers quite black; iris brown, encircled 

 with a whitish ring; beak shorter, more compressed and weaker than 

 in P. major/ lead-coloured at the root, bluish black at the tip. 



The female differs from the male only in having the colours of the 

 head less bright, and the streak from the gape greyish and more 

 indistinct. 



The young male much resembles the female. 



My j&gure of this bird is from the skin of a male shot in Asia 

 Minor on February 2ord., 1866, by Mr. Robson, and which came into 

 my possession with Mr. Farman's collection; that of the egg is from 

 Skania, Sweden, sent me by Mr. Wheelwright. 



This bird has also been figured by BufFon, pi. enl. 611; Vieillot, 

 Diet., pi. 26; Koux, Ornith. Prov., pi. 61, (adult male;) Naumann, 

 Vogel Deutsch., pi. 136, (male and female;) Gould, B. of E., pi. 2o0; 

 Sepp, Nederl. Vog., vol. iv., pi. 637, (male;) Stor, Deg. Ucc, pi. 166, 

 (male,) as Picchio vario sarto; Malherbe, Picidoi pero, 6 and 7; 

 Dresser, B. of E. 



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