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To Sutherland and Caithness ; but does not breed in the Scottish 

 isles. 



GARRULUS GLAND ARIUS (Leach}. Jay. 



Provinces I. -XVI. 



Subprovinces 1-25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 ?, 32. 



Lat. 50-57. " English" or Southern type. 



Throughout England, reaching as far north as the middle of 

 Scotland. Macgillivray describes the Jay as " found here and there in 

 the woods skirting the Grampians, from Forfarto Dumbarton, and in all 

 the more or less wooded districts southward." Colonel Drummond-Hay 

 marks the Jay as breeding regularly in Perthshire ; and Captain Orde 

 describes it as occurring in Argyleshire wherever there is much copse- 

 wood. 



GECINUS VIRIDIS (Boie). Green Woodpecker. 



Provinces I. VIII. IX. XL XII. ?. 

 Subprovinces 1, 15, 17, 20, 21 ?, 22, 23, 24, 25 ?. 

 Lat. 50-55. " English " type. Not in Ireland. 



Not a common bird, but marked as nesting regularly in every 

 county as far north as Derbyshire. In the north of Yorkshire it 

 becomes scarce, and nests only occasionally in Durham and North- 

 umberland. 



The Green Woodpecker is not included in either of the two lists 

 which Mr. J. F. Brockholes has sent from Lancashire and Cheshire ; 

 but Mr. C. S. Gregson informs me that the bird breeds in the latter 

 county. Mr. Gregson also states that "the Green Woodpecker breeds 

 in Barren Wood, Cumberland, close to the borders of Scotland," and 

 " also in Westmoreland." Dr. Heysham, however, only knew it as a 

 rare visitor to Cumberland ; nor is it marked in the lists which I have 

 received from Mr. Gough and Mr. T. Hope. 



Picus MAJOR (Linn.}. Great Spotted Woodpecker. 



Provinces I.-V. VII. ? VIII.-XI. XV 



Subprovinces i, 2-15, 18 ?, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29-31. 



Lat. 50-58. " English " type. Not in Ireland. 



Breeds in small numbers in nearly all the southern and midland 

 counties of England, becoming rarer northwards. 



Very scarce in Scotland, though Macgillivray describes it as 

 formerly not uncommon near Dunkeld, and mentions Loch Ness, the 

 Spey, and Braemar as localities where it is not unfrequent. The bird 

 has been observed by Mr. Selby on the banks of the Dee and Spey. 



Mr. T. Edward marks the Great Spotted Woodpecker as nesting 

 occasionally in Aberdeenshire, and in the ' Natural History of Dee-side' 

 it is described as resident in. the woods, but very rare. 



