WOODPECKER. 343 



Spotted Woodpecker, as to the plumage in common, and with the 

 whole of the top of the head red ; it is eight inches in length, and 

 said to be met with in the neighbourhood of Calcutta throughout the 

 year, in holes of trees made by itself; no hint is given of its being 

 otherwise than distinct as to Species. The name, in the Bengalese 

 Tongue, is Kaut Tokra. 



3— LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 



Picus minor, Lid. Orn. i. 229. Lin. i. 176. Faun. Suec. No. 102. Gtn. Lin. i. 437. 



Scop. Ann.\. No. 55. Midler No. 101. Kram. p. 336. Bor. Nat. ii. 138. Dec. 



russ.W. 53. Gen. Zool.ix. 166. pi. 34. Tern. Man. a" Orn. 245. Id. Ed. ii. p. 400. 

 Picus varius minor, Bris. iv. 41. Id. 8vo. ii. 53. Gerin. t. 170. 1. Id. Var. f. 2. 

 Kleinste bonte Specht, Sepp Vog. t. p. 357. 

 Picus varius tertius, Rail 43. 6. Will. 94. t. 21. 



discolor minor, Frisch. t. 37. Klein. 27. 7. Id. Ov. 17. t. 4. f. 4. 



graminis, Klein. Stem. v. t. 4. f. 2. a. b. 



Gras Specht, Naturf. ix. s. 55. 



La petite Epeiche, Buf. vii. 62. Pl.enl.598. Hist. Prov. i. 484, 



Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Gen. Syn.W. 566. 14. Id. Sup. 107. Id. Sup. ii. 140. 



Br. Zool. i. No. 87. t. 37. Id.fol. 76. t. E. Id. 1812. i. p. 322. t. 41. Arct.Zooh 



ii. p. 278. E. Collins Birds, pi. 8. f. 7. 8. Albin,\. pi. 20. Bewick, i. p. 120. 



Leicin Birds, t. 49. 7Fa/c. Syn. i. t. 50. Donov. Birds, ii. t. 36. Pult. Dors. p. 6. 



Orn. Diet. Sf Supp. Nat. Misc. pi. 225. 



THIS is the least of the European Species ; length five inches 

 and a half ; weight scarcely an ounce. Bill lead-colour; hides red • 

 upper parts of the body black, striated across the back with white ; 

 scapulars and quills spotted black and white ; forehead dirty buff; 

 crown of the head crimson ; cheeks, and sides of the neck white ; 

 under parts of the body dirty white ; the four middle tail feathers 

 black ; the others black and white ; legs lead-colour. 



The female has the top of the head white, which is red in the 

 male ; but neither have the vent red, as in the Greater Species. 



