32 RESIDENTS AND MIGRANTS. 



JAY. Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus). 



Eesident and generally distributed, except in Ire- 

 land, where, Mr. Thompson states, it is indigenous only 

 in the south. Mr. J. H. Gurney has remarked that 

 in England it is a regular autumnal migrant to the 

 eastern coasts. It has once been met with in Shetland. 



Fam. PICID^E. 



GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis, Linnaeus. 



Resident in England, but very rarely met with 

 north of the Solway or Tweed, and unknown in 

 Ireland. 



GREATER SPOTTED WOODPECKER. Picus major, 



Linnaeus. 



Eesident in England, and in a very few instances 

 has been noticed in Ireland. " It has been a well- 

 known winter visitant throughout Scotland for the 

 last fifty years ; and specimens have been obtained in 

 almost every county. It has been known to breed in 

 limited numbers in Banffshire, Aberdeenshire, and a 

 portion of Invernesshire " (R-. Gray). 



LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER. Picus minor, Lin- 

 naeus. 



Resident in England, but included, with doubt, 

 amongst the birds of Scotland, and unknown in Ire- 

 land. As regards Scotland, it is included in Don's 



