. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . ent, fig. 4; Gould, B. of E.,pi. 227. 14:2 ZYGODACTYLI. Family PICIBJE. (Bonaparte.) Genus Picus. (Linnceus.) WHITE-RUMPED WOODPECKER. Picus leuconotus. Picus leuconotus,it leucotus, cirris,Pic varie a dos blanc,TFeissruekiger JBuntsprecht,Picchio vario Massimo, Meyer and Wolff, 1810. Temminck, 1820. Bechstein. Pallas. Of the French. Of the Germans. Stor. Specific Characters.—Plumage varied; the rump white, and theupper tail coverts crimson and white. Length ten inches andthree quarters; from carpal joint to tip of wing fi
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . ent, fig. 4; Gould, B. of E.,pi. 227. 14:2 ZYGODACTYLI. Family PICIBJE. (Bonaparte.) Genus Picus. (Linnceus.) WHITE-RUMPED WOODPECKER. Picus leuconotus. Picus leuconotus,it leucotus, cirris,Pic varie a dos blanc,TFeissruekiger JBuntsprecht,Picchio vario Massimo, Meyer and Wolff, 1810. Temminck, 1820. Bechstein. Pallas. Of the French. Of the Germans. Stor. Specific Characters.—Plumage varied; the rump white, and theupper tail coverts crimson and white. Length ten inches andthree quarters; from carpal joint to tip of wing five inches and ahalf; tarsus one inch; beak (upper mandible) one inch and twofifths; tail three inches and a half. The White-rumped Woodpecker is an inhabitant ofthe most northern parts of Europe and Siberia. It isnot rare in Russia, Poland, and Prussia, extendingthrough Esthonia, Courland, and Finland. It is some-times found in Silesia, and occasionally in the westernand southern parts of Germany. One individual isrecorded as having been shot in the Pyrenees, by WHITE-RUMPED WOODPECKER. 14o Ernest Delaybe. It is included in the birds of Greece,by Count Mtihle and Dr. Lindermayer. Mr. Wheel-wright writes me word that it is spread over Scandi-navia, but appears to be more common in the midlanddistricts. They do not, however, breed with us, butin the thick fir forests of Xorth Wermerland. It breedsalso in Gothland, but is a rare winter migrant to seems to prefer level tracts to stony rises. It is byno means shy, and often comes in winter about the woodfences round the houses; but in the forest it is generallyseen high up on the top of dead trees. In mannersand habits it resembles the Greater Spotted Woodpecker,and the cry is much the same. Nilsson says that theyare seen generally in families in the autumn and I cannot corroborate. I never met, in our forest,in winter, more than two together, but if you shotone its partner was never far off. They breed v
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