318 GREEN WOODPECKER. Class II. 



and a half. The bill is dusky, triangular, and 

 nearly two inches long; the crown of the head is 

 crimson, spotted with black. The eyes are sur- 

 rounded with black, beneath which (in the males 

 only) is a rich crimson mark. The back, neck, 

 and lesser coverts of the wings, are green ; the 

 rump of a pale yellow ; the greater quil fea- 

 thers are dusky, spotted on each side with white. 

 The tail consists of ten stiff feathers, whose ends 

 are generally broken as the bird rests on them 

 in climbing ; their tips are black ; the rest of 

 each is alternately barred with dusky and deep 

 green. The whole under part of the body is 

 of a very pale green ; and the thighs and vent 

 marked with dusky lines. The legs and feet 

 are of a cinereous green. 



[This and the following species are confined to 

 the wooded districts of Greece, and consequent- 

 ly are never seen on the eastern side of the 

 country which is bare of trees. Ed.] 



