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The Flicker inhabits eastern North America from Alaska 

 and Labrador to Florida. American naturalists distinguish 

 two subspecies, a northern and a southern. It is not known 

 to which of these the Wiltshire example should be referred. 



Dryobates medius. MIDDLE SPOTTED 

 WOODPECKER. 



PiCUS medius Linwnts, Syst, Nat. 1758, p. 114 : Sweden. 



Dendrocoptes medius (Linn.) ; B. O. V. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 7<S : 

 Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. 1890, p. 286. 



Recorded by Pennant from Lancashire, and by other 

 authors from elsewhere, but no British-killed examples have 

 been satisfactorily identified. 



The Middle Spotted Woodpecker is a resident from 

 southern Scandinavia and the Alps eastwards to Poland and 

 Roumania ; it is represented by other allied subspecies as far 

 as Persia. 



Dryobates pubescens. L)OWNY WOODPECKER. 



PiCUS pubescens Linmrus, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 17(H>, 

 p. 175 : Carolina. 



Dendrocopus pubescens (Linn.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883,. 

 p. 77 ; Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. 1890, p. 238 ; Satm- 

 ders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 278. 



An example was recorded from Bloxworth, Dorsetshire, 

 Dec. 1836, but the evidence is not satisfactory. 



The typical form of the Downy Woodpecker is a resident 

 in the south-eastern United States from North Carolina to 

 Texas. 



Dryobates villosus. HAIRY WOODPECKER. 



PiCUS villOSUS Linna'us, Syst, Nat. 12th ed. i. 17(J(K 

 p. 175 : New Jersey, U.S.A. 



Dendrocopus villosus (Forst.) ; B. O. I 7 . List, 1st ed. 1SS3, p. 77; 

 Hargitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. 1890, p. 230 ; 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 276. 



