in Great Britain during the Nesting -season. 135 



Colonel Drutnmond-Hay marks the Jay as breeding regularly 

 in Perthshire ; and Captain Orde describes it as occurring in 

 Argyleshire wherever there is much copse-wood. 



Gecinus vibidis [Boie). Green Woodpecker. 



Provinces I. VIII. IX. XI. XII. ? 



Subprovinces 1, 15, 17, 20, 21 ?, 22, 23, 24, 25 ? 

 Lat. 50°-55°. " English" type. Not in Ireland. 



Not a common bird, but marked as nesting regularly in 

 every county as far north as Derbyshire. In the north of 

 Yorkshire it becomes scarce, and nests only occasionally in 

 Durham and Northumberland. 



The Green Woodpecker is not included in either of the two 

 lists which Mr. J. F. Brockholes has sent from Lancashire and 

 Cheshire; but Mr. C. S. Gregson informs me that the bird 

 breeds in the latter county. Mr. Gregson also states that " the 

 Green Woodpecker breeds in Barron Wood, Cumberland, close 

 to the borders of Scotland," and "also in Westmoreland." 

 Dr. Heysham, however, only knew it as a rare visitor to Cum- 

 berland ; nor is it marked in the lists which I have received from 

 Mr. Gough and Mr. T. Hope. 



Picus MAJOR {Linn.). Great Spotted Woodpecker. 



Provinces I.-V. VII. ? VIII.-XI. XV. 



Subprovinces i, 2-15, 18 ?, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29-31. 

 Lat. 50°-58°. " English " type. Not in Ireland. 



Breeds in small numbers in nearly all the southern and mid- 

 land counties of England, becoming rarer northwards. 



Very scarce in Scotland, though Macgillivray describes it as 

 formerly not uncommon near Dunkeld, and mentions Loch Ness, 

 the Spey, and Braemar as localities where it is not unfrequent. 

 The bird has been observed by Mr. Selby on the banks of the 

 Dee and Spey. 



Mr. T. Edward marks the Great Spotted Woodpecker as 

 resting occasionally in Aberdeenshire, and in the ' Natural 

 History of Dee-side ' it is described as resident in the woods, 

 but very rare. 



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