THE PIED WOODPECKERS. 
II 
the' h outer feathers white with a black spot at 
all ’ pone of the tail-feathers barred ; wing-coverts and 
tin ‘iphls spotted with white; nasal plumes huffy-white, 
bm h black ; a scarlet band on the occiput. “ Bill 
bln , towards the end black ; feet bluish-grey ; iris 
j. {/•/■ Audubon). Total length, 8 '5 inches ; culmen, 
S ) wings, 4'85 ; tail, 3'o ; tarsus, o‘85. 
— Similar to the male, but having no scarlet 
' on the occiput. Total length, 8’5 inches; wing, 4’8. 
t^iffers from the adults in having the feathers of the 
wn tipped with orange-red. 
Britain. — On two occasions the Hairy Wood- 
occ occurred in the British Islands, both 
yg having taken place in Yorkshire: one a hundred 
SDeo^ ^So, and another near Whitby in 1849. The latter 
bas been presented by Mr. F. Bond to the British 
A British Islands. — According to Mr. Hargitt, 
u,.-. ^ ■^®s*'ica, from the Atlantic to the eastern base of the 
Ronl.. iroin tt 
y Mountains, and 
sometimes to the west of the latter. 
III. 
'^he downy woodpecker. 
DENDROCOPUS PUBESCENS. 
Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 175 (1766). 
pttbescens, Har gitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xviii. p, 
^38 (1890). ’ r, . i 
"'hite small size. Black and white, with a broad 
by havi '^own the middle of the back, and distinguished 
occipm^'^^ 'r ^ *'b‘^ lateral tail-feathers ; a red band on the 
tail -j.-,' length, 6 inches; culmen, o'65 ; wing, 375 ; 
’ 3 ; tarsu.s, 0-65. 
"'bite on^tT^^*^' ?’'^^bar to the male, but with more or less 
the head m w'hich has no red baud on this part of 
Young H 6 inches; wing, 3-9. 
band; the^^^'i adult, but w'anting the red occipital 
"'•th red fbe feathers of the crown being tipped 
"^bbe ; sonT*'” '1 bases ; the occiput spotted with dull 
Undpr ® obscure dusky stripes on the sides of the body 
^'^r tail-coverts. 
