78 PICID^E. 



[Dendrocopus medlUS. MIDDLE SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 

 Picus medius, Linnceus, S. N. i. p. 176 (1766). 



Picus medius, Harting, p. 122 ; Dresser, v. p. 47. 

 Middle Spotted Woodpecker, Gray, p. 113. 



Medius = in the middle, intermediate. 



Of several reported instances, not one British specimen 

 seems to have been satisfactorily identified. Inhabits the 

 continent of Europe generally.] 



Dendrocopus minor. LESSEE SPOTTED 



WOODPECKER. 

 Picus minor, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 176 (1766). 



Picus minor, Naum. v. p. 334 ; Hewitson, p. 241 ; Gray, 

 p. 113 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 154 ; id. ed. 3, ii. p. 159 ; Gould, 

 iii. pi. 72; Harting, p. 32; Dresser, v. p. 53. 



Picus striolatus, Macg. iii. p. 86. 



Dendrocopus minor, Newton, ii. p. 477. 



Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 147. 



Minor = lesser, comparative ofparvus = small. 



Found as a resident, but nowhere commonly, in England as 

 far north as Northumberland. It is doubtful whether it has 

 ever occurred in Scotland, and it is only a very rare visitant 

 to Ireland. It inhabits the whole Paleearctic Region, but 

 is subject to much local variation. 



[Genus PICOIDES, Lacepede, Mem. de Flnst. iii. p. 509 



(1801). 



Pico'ides = like a Woodpecker ; a barbarous compound ofpicus + elSos. 



Pico'ides tridactylus. EUEOPEAN THREE-TOED 

 WOODPECKER. 



Picus tridactylus, Linnceus, S. N. i. p. 177 (1766). 



Picus tridactylus, Naum. v. p. 346. 



Picoides tridactylus, Gray, p. 112 ; Dresser, v. p. 69. 



Tridactylus -= three-toed ; tres = three, dactylus = SOLKTV\OS, a finger. 



