DRYOCOPUS.
Neck narrow and thinly 4 toed; outer fore and hind toes about equal in length.
Dryocopus martius martius (L.). BLACK WOODPECKER. Fr. l'ic noir ; Md. l'icchio nero ; Ger. Schwarzspecht.
Slaty black above, somewhat on head, sides of neck, and ; crown red-crimson to a crest on the nape ; beneath brownish. Bill yellowish white, bluish at base and below. Legs and feet dark grey. y duller than
and only nape crimson. Wing 235-258. Tarsus 35. Culmen 58-66 (H.).
Resident.— N. and C. Europe from Arctic Circle south to Pyrenees and Mountains of N. Spain, Italy, Bulgaria and Greece ; all Russia east to Ufa and Volga River, south to Caucasus ; also across N. Asia and in Asia Minor. Rare in Denmark, Holland, Belgium.