Family PICIDAE. 



Dendrocopus major (L.) Great Spotted Woodpecker, 



(Plate 86, fig. a-d). 

 (Snouckaert: Avifauna Neerlandica, p. 55, No. 132). 



Colour of surface of shell 

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 Average weight of shell: 

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 Shape: 

 Nest: 



Site of nest: 



Number of eggs: 

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glossy white. 



26.4 X 19.6 millimetres. 



0.4 gram. 



see the general review of the Family. 



usually short oval, with a blunt point. 



fine chips serve as a layer on which the 

 eggs lie. 



in holes of trees, by preference in those of 

 softer kinds of wood. 



5-6, sometimes 7. 



May — beginning of June. 



about 15 days. 



