88 BlUTlSn BIRDS. [vol. xiv. 



Green Woodpecker [Picus viridis). 



It is probable that all the few entries of Woodpeckers refer 

 to the above species (as one quite certainly does), seeing that 

 it is by far the most numerous at the present time and is the 

 one that commonly bores into the orchard trees. It was this, 

 no doubt, that led to its occasional destruction. It only 

 appears in the accounts in four years during the height of the 

 vermin campaign of 1676-90. The entries in the first and 

 third of these are : — 



1480— Si. 

 To John Morphett for 4 Crowes heads and i Woodpiker 002 

 To David Rolfe for 6 Woodpeckers heads . . . . 006 



The third entry for this year has already been given [vide 

 p. 36). 



1684-5. 

 To Joseph Greenland for i dozen & halfe of Wood- 

 packers & Bulfinchs heads . . . . . . . . 016 



To Thomas Kite for i Gaily Birds head . . . . . . 001 



Four were paid for in 1681-2 and two in 1686-7. 

 The last quoted entry is interesting as evidence of the 

 antiquity of its still commonly used local name. 



