38 BIRDS. 



138. Picus major L. Great Spotted Woodpecker, 



Resident, local, thinly though more generally distributed 

 than the other species in Yorkshire ; also observed on the 

 coast as an autumn immigrant. 



139. Picus minor L. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. 



Resident, extremely local, confined to deeply wooded 

 localities, in which it appears to occur in very limited 

 numbers. Seems to be entirely absent from the East 

 Riding, and also from the valleys of the north-west ; occurs 

 as far north as Thirsk and Slingsby. 



Picus villosus L. Hairy Woodpecker. 



Doubtful, a native of Eastern North America. 



Kirklees Hall, near Brighouse, a pair shot, which passed into 

 the collection of the Duchess of Portland (Latham, Gen. 

 Syn., ii. 578). 



Whitby, one early in 1849 (Higgins, Zool., 1849, p. 2496; 

 Bird, torn, cit., 2527; Newman, op. cit., 1851, p. 2985; 

 Bird, torn, cit., p. 3034). 



140. Gecinus viridis (L.\ Green Woodpecker. 



Resident, local, but fairly numerous where it occurs. 



Sub-fam. IYNGIN&. 



141. Jynx torquilla Z. Wryneck. 



Summer visitant, extremely local, being confined in the 

 breeding season to the south-eastern portion of the West 

 Riding and the adjacent portion of the East Riding, 

 where it is very sparsely distributed. During the spring 

 and autumn migrations it is occasionally observed on and 

 near the coast. Has been shot at Danby-in-Cleveland 

 during the breeding season. Appears to be now much 

 less frequent than formerly; Mr. H. Denny, in 1840, 

 describing it as formerly tolerably frequent in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Leeds; and Mr. John Hogg, in 1845, wrote 

 of it as not uncommon in north-west Cleveland and south- 

 east Durham. 



