GKEY WOODPECKER. 141 



The whole family may be seen flying about the forest 



together. 



Mr. Wheelwright describes a freshly-killed male as 

 follows: — Forehead carmine red; a black streak from 

 the nostrils to the eye, and a similar one on the side 

 of the throat from the under mandible. Head and 

 neck ash grey, with small longitudinal blackish streaks 

 or spots on the crown of the head. Back and wing- 

 coverts green; rump shining greenish yellow; all the 

 under parts of the body pale ash grey, with a faint 

 green tinge. Wing feathers dark brown, with transverse 

 white spots on the inner web, and similar, but smaller 

 ones on the outer web. Tail feathers blackish Q- re en 

 of one colour, with the exception of the two middle 

 ones, which are marked with indistinct transverse bars. 

 Beak thinner than that of P. viridls, bluish brown, 

 having the root of the under mandible greenish yellow. 

 Iris red; legs grey green. Length twelve inches; car- 

 pus to tip six inches and one eighth; tail five inches. 



The female has no red on the forehead, which is 

 replaced by small brown spots; the green on the back 

 has an ashy grey tinge. 



The bird which I have figured is a young one of 

 the year, sent me with the egg by Mr. Wheelwright, 

 of Gardsjo, Sweden. The difference in dimensions are 

 those between fresh and dry skins. 



It has also been figured by Edwards, pi. 65, 

 (young male;) Naumann, Yogel Deutsch., pi. 133, 

 (male and female;) Sepp. Nedefl. Vogel, page 389, 

 (female;) Stor, Degl. Ucc., vol. ii, pi. 177, (female;) 

 Meyer, Yogel Deutsch., pi. 22, (male and female;) 

 Eoux, Ornith. Pro v., pi. 59, (male and female;) Bouteil, 

 Orn. du Dauph, supplement, fig. 4; Gould, B. of E.. 

 pi. 227. 



