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everywhere in Sweden it is rarer than the Green Woodpecker. In Southern Sweden it is never 

 found, except in severe winters ; in Smaland, Upland, and Westermanland it occurs now and 

 then in the northern parts ; in Wermland, Dalarne, Herjedalen, and Norway it is more numerous ; 

 at Gothenburg it is rare, only occurring in the winter, or rarely in the autumn ; and at Croust it 

 is also scarce. Professor Sundevall writes as follows : — " With us (in Sweden) it is rare in the 

 whole country inhabited by the Green Woodpecker. It has, however, been found breeding in 

 Calmar Lan by Caud. Wetterberg. It does not appear to have been observed in Skane. On the 

 northern edge of the oak region, however, where the Green Woodpecker becomes scarcer, this 

 species becomes more numerous at Gene, and from thence to the Lapland frontier (to about 

 65° N. lat. at Lycksele). In Southern Norway it occurs at Christiania, and in Finland about 

 as far north as in Sweden." 



Von Wright says that it occurs here and there in Central Finland, and is not rare in some 

 parts. Dresser, however, did not meet with it in that country. Meyer records it as tolerably 

 common in Livonia and Esthonia. In Denmark, according to Kjserbolling, it occurs rarely 

 during the season of migration, and has been procured at Elsinore and on Mseen. Mr. A. 

 Benzon writes to us that it is said sometimes to occur in Denmark, but he himself knows 

 nothing of it. 



Borggreve states that he " found it in the beech-region of the Rhenish Weser and Thiiringer 

 mountains, at an altitude of 1000-2600 feet, common and resident. According to Tobias it 

 inhabits the deep forests of Lausitz. Gloger says that is rare on the plains and commoner in 

 the mountains; specimens are in Boeck's collection from Thuringia." In Pomerania it does not 

 breed. Count Wodzicki found it rare in the lower Tatra mountains, and frequenting the woods 

 where bees were abundant, but not in the cold Carpathians, where there are no bees. It is stated 

 by Schlegel to have occurred in North Brabant. De la Fontaine states that, though not so 

 common as the Green Woodpecker, still it inhabits a large portion of Luxembourg, and breeds 

 in the forests of the Ardennes and Eifel, as well as those of the Moselle and Basse-Sure. In the 

 last locality it is almost as common as the Green Woodpecker, but only occurs in winter near 

 Luxembourg. Godron says it is met with in Lorraine during the autumn and spring migrations ; 

 and, according to Krcener, it is sedentary during the winter months in the mountains and plains 

 of Alsace. MM. Jaubert and Barthelemy-Lapommeraye state that it occurs in several parts of 

 France, but that it is very rare, and only a few have been recorded as occurring in Southern 

 France. In Savoy, according to Bailly, it occurs accidentally, and has only been observed near 

 Faucigny during the autumn and winter. It occurs in Southern Spain ; for Lord Lilford noticed 

 a pair about the Casa de Campo, near Madrid; and Major Irby tells us that he saw an example 

 in the Museum at Seville. Mr. Howard Saunders writes : — " I did not identify this species in 

 the flesh; but I have seen specimens, and I believe it to be common, taking the place of 

 G. sharpei in the higher woods." It is not included in Professor Barboza du Bocage's list of 

 the birds of Portugal. The Grey-headed Green Woodpecker has not been recorded from Sicily ; 

 and Count Salvadori says that it is only found along the Alpine borders of Italy, a stray spe- 

 cimen or two being recorded from Verona and Liguria. In Styria, according to Seidensacher, it 

 is about as numerous as Gecinus viridis, but not so many are resident in the woods and wooded 

 meadows. 



