320 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER. Class II. 



wings are black; the scapular feathers and 

 coverts adjoining to them are white; the quil 

 feathers black, elegantly marked on each web 

 with round white spots. The four middle fea- 

 thers of the tail are black, the next tipt with dir- 

 ty yellow; the bottoms of the two outmost 

 black, the upper parts a dirty white; the ex- 

 terior feather marked on each web with two 

 black spots ; the next with two on the inner 

 web, and only one on the other. The legs are 

 Female. f a i ea d color. The female wants that beauti- 

 ful crimson spot on the head ; in other respects 

 the colors of both agree. This species is much 

 more uncommon than the preceding ; and keeps 

 altogether in the woods. 



All the species continue the whole year in 

 Italy. 



" Is found in France, Germany and other 

 parts of Europe, and if the same as is mentioned 

 by Hasselquist, frequents the higher parts of 

 Asia. Among the drawings of Indian birds 

 communicated by Doctor Buchanan, is one of 

 the middle spotted woodpecker, with the whole 

 crown crimson ; therefore if this be allowed to 

 be an immature bird, it will ascertain this 

 species to be a native of Calcutta and other 

 parts of India. It makes its nest in the holes 



