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ZYGODACTYLL 



Family PICIDJE. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Picus. (Linnceus.) 



WHITE-KUMPED WOODPECKER. 



Picus leuconotus. 



Picus leuconotus, Meyer and "Wolff, 1810. 



" " Temminck, 1820. 



" leucolus, Bechstein. 



" cirris, Pallas. 



Pic varie a dos blanc, Of the French. 



Weissruchiger Buntsprecht, Of the Germans. 



Picchio vario Massimo, Stor. 



Specific Characters. — Plumage varied; the rump white, and the 

 upper tail coverts crimson and -white. Length ten inches and 

 three quarters; from carpal joint to tip of wing five inches and a 

 half; tarsus one inch; beak (upper mandible) one inch and two 

 fifths; tail three inches and a half. 



The White-rumped Woodpecker is an inhabitant of 

 the most northern parts of Europe and Siberia. It is 

 not rare in Russia, Poland, and Prussia, extending 

 through Esthonia, Courland, and Finland. It is some- 

 times found in Silesia, and occasionally in the western 

 and southern parts of Germany. One individual is 

 recorded as having been shot in the Pyrenees, by M. 



