114 PICIDiE. 



Dryobates major. Noetheen Great Spotted 

 Woodpecker. 



PiCUS major Linncms, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 114 : Sweden. 



Dendrooopus major (Linn.) ; Sargitt, Gat. Birds B. M. xviii. 

 1890, p. 211 (part.). 

 Major = greater. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Winter Visitor, 

 arriving in some numbers, fairly regularly, between Septem- 

 ber and November on the east coast of Great Britain, from 

 the Shetland and Orkney Islands southwards to Norfolk. It 

 also wanders to the west side of Scotland, reaching the Outer 

 Hebrides and Ireland. 



General Distribution. — This Woodpecker inhabits Europe 

 generally from about 70° N. latitude in Scandinavia and 64° 

 in Russia southwards to Spain, Italy, Turkey, and Asia 

 Minor, and eastwards through Turkestan and eastern Siberia. 

 It has been divided into a number of races. In Sardinia, 

 Corsica, the Canary Islands, and northern Persia smaller races 

 are found ; also in Kamchatka, Bering Island, Ussuri-land, 

 and Japan. In Morocco and in Algeria and Tunisia more 

 distinct forms occur. 



Dryobates major anglicus. British Great 

 Spotted AVoodpeceer. 



Dendrooopus major anglicus Hartert, Nov. Zool. vii. 

 1901), p. 528 : Sussex, England. 



Dendrocopus major {Linn.); B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 77; 

 Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 275 (part.). 



AnglicMs = English. 



Distribution. — A Eesident, generally distributed in Eng- 

 land and Wales, but becoming rare towards the border. In 

 south and central Scothmd it ranges as far north as Dunkeld, 

 Perthshire, where it has nested during recent years. In 

 Ireland it is a rare visitor, and possibly all the records, 

 about forty in number, refer to continental migrants. 



