30 Messrs. Siieppard cuid Wiiitear's Catalogue 



asserts that the jarring noise made by Woodpeckers is designed 

 to drive insects from their lurking-places. 



3. P. minor (Lesser Spotted Woodpecker). 



This species is pretty common at Campsey Ash in Sutiolk ; 

 and it also breeds in lielmingham Park in the same county. 

 Mr. Hunt has frequently observed it in his garden at Norwich. 



Genus XXVI. Yuxx. 



1. i; TorquiUa (Wryneck). 



In general Bewick's figures are remarkable for their accuracy ; 

 but that which he has given of the Wryneck is faulty : the beak 

 is too long, the head too small ; and, indeed, the whole figure 

 represents the bird smaller than it really is. He has also made 

 the legs too slender, for it has exceedingly stout ones. The 

 AVryneck in fact is, as White observes, a very robust bird. 



Genus XXVII. Sitta. 



1. aS'. europcca (Nuthatch). 



The Nuthatch is met with in great numbers at Campsey Ash. 

 The great length of its hind toe, in addition to its use in 

 assisting it to run up and down the trunks of trees, probably 

 assists it in grasping and carrying away nuts. It generally 

 breeds in the holes of trees made by the Ficus viridis, which, 

 being too large, it walls up with mortar to a proper size. It 

 lays five, and often six eggs, and is so tenacious of its nest that 

 the bird will retain its possession until the last. 



Genus XXVIII. Certiiia. 

 1. C.familiaris (Common Creeper). 



Genus 



