414 WOODPECKER. 



few white spots ; quills spotted with white ; chin, throat, and breast 

 white ; belly transversely striated black and white ; the tail consists 

 of ten feathers,* the two middle ones black, spotted on the inner 

 webs with white; the others black, more or less marked with orange 

 buff at the ends, except the outmost, which is white, and the outer 

 web buff-colour the whole length; the legs have three toes only, two 

 before and one behind ; colour black; shins covered half way with 

 down. 



The female is the same in all things, except the crown of the 

 head, which is black, marked with perpendicular lines of white ; 

 in some the whole crown is white. 



This species is found in many of the northern parts of Europe ; 

 in Switzerland ; on the high mountains of Lapland and Dalecarlia;f 

 as well as in Siberia J and Austria ;§ common also among the Alps. 

 The specimen from which the above description is taken came from 

 Kamtschatka. It is almost as common as other species in Siberia. — 

 Inhabits the parts about the lake Baikal. || 



A. — Length nine inches and three quarters. Bill one inch and 

 three quarters ; colour black, near the base horn-colour ; middle of 

 the crown deep yellow ; from the nostrils a line of white passes on 

 each side under the eye, finishing below the ears ; above this the 

 rest of the head is black, as are the upper parts and sides of the neck ; 

 the whole of the back, wing coverts, and second quills black ; the 

 greater quills the same, but the three or four next the body are 

 spotted on both webs with white, and the others on the inner webs 



* Pallas says, there are twelve — it is a new observation. In the above specimens were 

 only ten. — See Spic. No G. p. 11. note c. 



t Faun. Sitec. * Hist. Ois. vii. 79. § Scop. Ann. i. p. 49. 



|| Georgi — is also found about Woronesh ; the male has a yellow head, the female a 

 white one, and has more white in her than the male ; it will sometimes eat grains. Dec. 

 Russ. i. 101. 





