190 CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 



GKEAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER, 



Case 247. 



This appears to have been a numerous species in the 

 Highlands some 50 or 60 years ago. In several 

 districts the largest trees in the forests (many of 

 them now dead) bear countless marks of their 

 boring. 



In the south they are still to be found scattered 

 over the wooded districts in almost every county. 



The specimens were obtained in Ashdown Forest, 

 Sussex, in June, 1880. 



ROSEATE TERN. 



Case 248. 



From various causes the numbers of these Terns that 

 visit our shores are rapidly decreasing every season ; 

 though formerly nesting on several parts of the coast, 

 but two or three stations are resorted to at the present 



time. 



The specimen in the case was shot at the Fern 



Islands, in June, 1867. 



MERGANSER. 



Case 249. 



The breeding plumage of the male of this species is 

 by no means so handsome as his winter dress; it 

 cannot, however, be said that the cares of his family, 

 or the toil of providing for their wants, have been the 

 cause of his change, as the brightest of his colours 

 were laid aside before the beginning of March. 



