BRITISH BIRDS. IOI 



135. Caprimulgus segyptius, Lieht. EGYPTIAN 



NIGHTJAR. 



Hab. N.E. Africa and S.W. Asia. 

 An example in the collection of Mr. Whitaker was 

 shot at Rainworth, Notts., June 23rd, 1883. 



Family Picidae, 

 Sub-Family Picinso. 



GENUS LXIV. DENDROCOPUS, Koch (1816), 

 Distinguished from Gecinus largely by black and white 

 colours and small size. 



136. Dendroeopus major (Linn.). GREAT SPOTTED 



WOODPECKER. 



Hab. Europe, north to Arctic Circle; also temperate Asia. 



Male : forehead buffish-white ; crown black ; sides of 

 head and the throat white, a stripe of black dividing the 

 two ; occiput crimson ; rest of upper parts- black with a 

 white patch on each side of neck ; scapulars pure white ; 

 primaries and secondaries irregularly barred exteriorly 

 with white ; tail-feathers, except two middle ones, tipped 

 with white, the outer ones showing very much white ; 

 under parts dull white, excepting lower tail-coverts, which 

 are crimson ; bill greyish-black ; iris crimson ; tarsi olive- 

 grey. Length about 9*25. Female : crown buffish-white ; 

 occiput black. Young : like female, but crown is suffused 

 with red. 



Resident in England and Wales, breeding sparingly in 

 most districts in the older woodlands. It appears also to 

 have bred in Scotland, but is chiefly known as an 

 uncertain winter visitor ; also visits Ireland at same 

 season. Nesting hole is usually excavated by the birds 



