122 RARE VISITANTS. 



One reported to have been shot at Binstead, Hants, 1868 : 

 Gould, Zoologist, 1869, p. 1516; but subsequently ad- 

 mitted to have been purchased in Leadenhall Market : 

 Rodd, Zoologist, 1869, p. 1562. 



MIDDLE SPOTTED WOODPECKEE. Picus medius, 



Linnaeus. 

 Hab. Europe. 



One, Lancashire : Pennant, Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 180. 

 One, Dorsetshire : Pulteney, Cat. Birds Dorset, p. 6. 

 One, Inverness-shire : St. John, Nat. Hist. Highlands, p. 76. 

 Two, Middlesex : Harting, Birds of Middlesex, p. 108. 



Obs. Although, some years since, I included this 

 species in my ' Birds of Middlesex,' p. 108, upon what 

 appeared at the time to be a sufficient warranty, I 

 think on maturer consideration that the species has 

 little or no claim to be included in the present list. 



HAIET WOODPECKEE. Picus villosus, Linnaeus. 



Hab. North America, to the eastern base of the Rocky 

 Mountains. 



A pair, Halifax, Yorkshire, in collection of Duchess of Port- 

 land : Latham, Gen. Syn. vol. ii. p. 578 ; Ind. Orn. vol. i. 

 p. 232. 



One near Whitby, Yorkshire, 1849 : Higgins, Zoologist, 

 1849, p. 2496 ; Bird, torn. cit. p. 2527 ; Newman, Zoologist, 

 1851, p. 2985; Bird, torn. cit. p. 3034. 



DOWNY WOODPECKEB. Picus pulescens, Linnaeus. 

 Hab. Eastern United States. 



One, Bloxworth, near Blandford, Dorsetshire, Dec. 1836 : 

 Rev. O. P. Cambridge, Zoologist, 1859, p. 6444. 



