68 TEREE-TOED WOODPECKER. 



from Muonio, Lapland, the average of -wliicli is 24.2 by 18.6 millemetres, 

 tlie longest measuring 26.0 by 19, and the smallest 22.5 by 18.75 

 millemetres. The breeding time is from the 5th. to the 15th. of June, 

 and the number of eggs four or five." 



A fine male of this species sent to me by the late Mr. Wheelwright, 

 is 8| inches long, from carpus to tip 4^^, beak 1 j^^, tarsus j^; crown 

 of the head yellow, with the spotted plumage below seen through; 

 forehead spotted black and white; nape and large moustache black; 

 wings deep brown black above. The primaries deep brown black, with 

 four white spots on each web, the outer going near to point, those 

 on the inner larger and more basal. In the secondaries these spots 

 are continued, those on the inner web the largest; scapularies long, 

 with white spots on the inner webs only, the outermost being tipped 

 with a large white spot. Back white in the middle, black on the 

 sides. Rump black, spotted with white. Tail black and pointed, the 

 two outermost black, with broad rufous bars; chin, throat, and neck 

 white; abdomen white, with a series of black streaks on the fianks. 

 The under wing covered, except the tip, with oval white spots. The 

 female has the forehead and crown of the head white, with black 

 longitudinal streaks. Rest as in male. It is the smallest of the two 

 birds. 



My figures of this bird and its egg are from specimens sent me by 

 the late Mr. "Wheelwright. 



It has also been figured by Donovan; Gould, B. of E.; Dresser, B, 

 of E., male and female; and others. 



