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WHITE-SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 
Detulromus nivosus, Swains. 
Olive-green ; above immaculate ; beneath covered with round 
white spots ; head above blackish. 
It is so usual for the males of this family to be 
ornamented with crimson, or some other striking 
colour upon their head, that we cannot be without 
suspicion that the present bird may possibly be of 
the female sex. Be this however as it may, it cer- 
tainly does not belong to any other species we have 
yet seen either from Africa or any other country. 
In the olive colour of its back it resembles the last 
described, but the bill is much larger ; and the 
under plumage, instead of being landed , is spotted. 
The structure of this species is typical in regard 
to the bill, but aberrant in respect to its feet ; the 
two outer toes being exactly equal. The lateral 
ridge of the bill is nearer to the culmen than is 
usual in this group. 
The upper part of the head, as far as the occiput, 
is greenish-black, which gradually changes to a uni- 
form olive-green that spreads over the whole of the 
upper plumage : the ground colour of the under 
parts is of the same green, but entirely covered with 
round whitish spots, of which there are two pair 
