366 WOODPECKER. 



green ; quills dark brown, spotted with light yellow ; upper and 

 under tail coverts dull green ; tail brown, crossed with dusky lines ; 

 under the throat whitish ; and from that to the vent cinereous, with 

 a mixture of green ; legs black. 



Inhabits Norway. Found also among the Alps of Switzerland : 

 common in the North of Russia, but more so in Siberia : makes the 

 nest in the holes of trees like other species, and lays five or six white 

 eggs. The Tungusi, of Nijmaia Tungouska, roast this species, 

 bruise the flesh, and mix it with any grease, except that of the bear, 

 which dissolves too readily, with this they anoint their arrows, and 

 pretend that the animals, which are struck with them, instantly fall.* 



31.— PERSIAN WOODPECKER. 



Picus Persicus, Ind. Orn.h. 236. Gm.Lin.i. 435. 



luteus Persicus, Bris. iv. 20. Id. Svo. ii. 47. Aldrov. i. t. p. 851. Raii, 44. 9. 



Will. 97. 

 Pic jaune de Perse, Buf. vii. 18. 

 Picchio giallo, Zinn. Uov. 73. t. 11. f. 75. 

 Persian Woodpecker, Gen. Syn. ii. 584. 



SIZE of the Green Woodpecker, but said to have a thicker 

 neck, and a longer bill ; the feathers, from the middle of the crown 

 to the end of the tail, incline to ferruginous. The bill ferruginous ; 

 feet pale blue, claws black ; the rest of the body yellow ; but all the 

 ends of the wing feathers, or tips, incline somewhat to ferruginous ; 

 and a spot of the same colour encompasses the eyes. 



Said to breed in Persia, and described first by Aldrovaudus.— 

 Buffon thinks it a Variety of the Green Woodpecker, as well as the 

 last, but we are certain, that the one is distinct, and in respect to the 

 other it appears very doubtful. 



* Gmel. Voy. Sib. ii. 113.— Arct. Zool. 



