122 RARE VISITANTS. 
One reported to have been shot at Binstead, Hants, 1868: 
Gould, Zoologist, 1869, p. 1516; but subsequently ad- 
mitted to have been purchased in Leadenhall Market : 
Rodd, Zoologist, 1869, p. 1562. 
MIDDLE SPOTTED WOODPECKER. Picus medius, 
Linneus. 
Hab. Europe. 
One, Lancashire: Pennant, Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 180. 
One, Dorsetshire: Pulteney, Cat. Birds Dorset, p. 6. 
One, Inverness-shire: St. John, Nat. Hist. Highlands, p. 76. 
Two, Middlesex: Harting, Birds of Middlesex, p. 108. 
Obs. Although, some years since, I included this 
species in my ‘ Birds of Middlesex,’ p. 108, upon what 
appeared at the time to be a sufficient warranty, | 
think on maturer consideration that the species has 
little or no claim to be included in the present list. 
HAIRY WOODPECKER. Picus villosus, Linneus. 
Hab. North America, to the eastern base of the Rocky 
Mountains. 
A pair, Halifax, Yorkshire, in collection of Duchess of Port- 
land: Latham, Gen. Syn. vol. ii. p. 578; Ind. Orn. vol. 1. 
p- 282. 
One near Whitby, Yorkshire, 1849: Higgins, Zoologist, 
1849, p. 2496 ; Bird, tom. cit. p. 2527 ; Newman, Zoologist, 
1851, p. 2985; Bird, tom. cit. p. 3034. 
DOWNY WOODPECKER. Picus pubescens, Linneus. 
Hab. Eastern United States. 
One, Bloxworth, near Blandford, Dorsetshire, Dec. 1836 : 
Rey. O. P. Cambridge, Zoologist, 1859, p. 6444. 
