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138. 
T30. 
140. 
EAT, 
BIRDS. 
Picus major Z. Great Spotted Woodpecker. 
Resident, local, thinly though more generally distributed 
than the other species in Yorkshire ; also observed on the 
coast as an autumn immigrant. 
Picus minor Z. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. 
Resident, extremely local, confined to deeply wooded 
localities, in which it appears to occur in very limited 
numbers. Seems to be entirely absent from the East 
Riding, and also from the valleys of the north-west ; occurs 
as far north as Thirsk and Slingsby. 
Picus villosus Z. Hairy Woodpecker. 
Doubtful, a native of Eastern North America. 
Kirklees Hall, near Brighouse, a pair shot, which passed into 
the collection of the Duchess of Portland (Latham, Gen. 
Syn., il. 578). 
Whitby, one early in 1849 (Higgins, Zool., 1849, p. 2496; 
Bird, tom. cit., 2527; Newman, op. cit., 1851, p. 2985 ; 
Bird, tom. cit., p. 3034). 
Gecinus viridis (Z.). Green Woodpecker. 
Resident, local, but fairly numerous where it occurs. 
Sub-fam. 7 VVGIN.A:. 
lynx torquilla Z. Wryneck. 
Summer visitant, extremely local, being confined in the 
breeding season to the south-eastern portion of the West 
Riding and the adjacent portion of the East Riding, 
where it is very sparsely distributed. During the spring 
and autumn migrations it is occasionally observed on and 
near the coast. Has been shot at Danby-in-Cleveland 
during the breeding season. Appears to be now much 
less frequent than formerly; Mr. H. Denny, in 1840, 
describing it as formerly tolerably frequent in the neigh- 
bourhood of Leeds; and Mr. John Hogg, in 1845, wrote 
of it as not uncommon in north-west Cleveland and south- 
east Durham. 
