240 PIC1D.F.. 



black : from the lower mandible towards the back of the 

 head, runs a black line which meets at the neck behind, 

 projecting in front alongside the throat, where it forms a 

 half-moon-shaped patch. Between the back of the head and 

 the neck is a patch of very brilliant carmine red ; the entire 

 back, the shoulders and the tail are black with a blue cast. 



The chin, throat, breast, and sides are dirty white, on the 

 belly the tips of the feathers are tinged with yellowish-red, 

 but the rump and under tail-coverts are carmine-red. 



The quill-feathers are black with six or seven white bars, 

 which are formed by square white spots on the outer webs of 

 the quills. 



The middle tail-feathers are altogether black, the next 

 have white tips, and the white extends upon the feathers as 

 they leave the middle of the tail. 



The female has no red in the nape of the neck. 



The egg figured 135 is that of the Great Spotted Wood- 

 pecker. 



END OF THE THIRD VOLUME, 



LONDON: 



Printed by S. & J. Bentley, Wilson, and Flet, 



Bangor House, Shoe Lane. 



