GREEN WOODPECKER. 
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In the adult male the space around the eyes 
and rictus is deep black ; the crown of the head 
running down in a narrow point upon the nape, 
and a lengthened patch on the jaw, are arterial 
red, the base of each feather gray, and appear- 
ing through and breaking the bright colour; the 
upper parts are siskin green, shaded on the rump 
into gamboge yellow ; the under parts are yel- 
lowish gray ; quills greenish black, marked on 
the outer webs with square spots of yellowish 
white, at the base of the inner webs with round 
spots of the same colour ; the tail almost inclines 
to blackish oil green, indistinctly bordered with 
a deeper shade. In the female the crimson is 
wanting on the jaws, where the patch with the 
region of the eyes is black. The rest of the 
plumage is similar to that of the male, but less 
brilliant. In the young birds the crimson of 
the head is less brilliant, and is more mixed 
with grey ; and the patch on the jaw, and black 
in the region of the eyes, are only indicated ; 
the cheeks, sides of the neck, and under parts 
are yellowish white ; on the first appearing 
streaked with black, and on the under parts 
having the feathers barred and marked in the 
centre with the same colour ; above, the plumage 
is siskin green, interspersed with gray, the 
feathers marked with yellowish white along the 
shafts. M. Temminck states, that varieties of a 
yellowish white sometimes occur. 
From the Woodpeckers so eminently scan- 
sorial, we pass to another genus limited in its 
