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FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



red. Tl.e length of the bird is about nine and a half iiiehes. 

 The female has no red plumage on the head, and the young- 

 l)irds, although iu most respects similar to the old birds, 

 have the top of the head red, and the back part black. 



Tlie Great Shotted Woodpecker is found in Denmark, 

 Norway, Sweden, and Kussia, and thence downwards to 

 Italv. In our own country it seldom travels far above the 

 midland counties, although iustaiices are recorded of its 

 being met with in ScotUind. It is considered probable 

 that in some cases the bird is migratoryj^ 



