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PICID.E. 



INSESSORES. 



SCANSORES. 



PICIDM. 



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THE GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 



FRENCH-PIE, AND WOODPIE. 



Picus major. Great spotted Woodpecker, Penn. Biit. Zool- vol. i. p. 319. 



Greater ,, 

 Pied 



G renter ,, 



G rea t , , 



Pic tpeiche, 



Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 142. 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 91. 



Selbv, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 375. 



Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 150. 



Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. x. 



Temm. IMan. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 395. 



This species, next to the Green Woodpecker, is tlie best 

 known in this country, and is by no means uncommon, parti- 



