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GREEN WOODPECKER. 



ECLE. LARGE GREEtf WOODPECKER. POPINJAY. 

 WOODSPITE. ItAIN-lJIliD. MAIN-FOWL. WHITTLE. HIGH 1LOE. 

 1IEW-HOLE. PICK-A-TliEE. AWL-BI11D. 



YAFFLE. YAFFEIl. NICK-A-PECIvEIl. 



J'icus viridis, L I N N ,K us 



Brackylopiu viridis, SWAIN'SO 



PicusA bird that makes holes in trees, supposed to be the 

 Woodpecker. Viridis Green. 



THOUGH to man it is a difficulty to make even a copy 

 without some variation from the original, yet, to strike out a 

 fresh design, is by no means so easy as it might therefore 

 be thought. Let the thoughtful artist then devoutly wonder 

 at the unspeakable beauty of the varieties which the hand 

 of Almighty power and wisdom has pourtrayed in the 'fowls 

 of the air,' as in aU the other 'wonderful works' of nature, 

 'which God created and made.' 



This handsome species is a native of Europe, being found 

 in more or less plenty, according to the suitableness of the 

 locality, in liussia, Siberia, Spain, Greece, Italy, Scandinavia, 

 France, and Holland; also in Africa; and in Egypt, according 

 to Meyer. 



It is common throughout England, and, according to Selby, 

 in Scotland, that is to say, in all the wooded districts. In 

 Ireland its occurrence has not yet been authenticated. 



These birds roost early, and repose in their holes at night. 

 The young run on the trees before they are able to fly, and 

 if then captured are easily tamed. 



Like the rest of its tribe, this species only ascends, for the 

 most part obliquely, on the trees; any descent is performed 



