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The Flicker inhabits eastern North America from Alaskn 

 and Labrador to Florida. American naturalists distinguish 

 two subspecies, a northern and a southern. It is not known 

 to which o£ these the Wiltshire exiimple should be referred. 



Dryobates medius. Middle Spotted 

 Woodpecker. 



PiCUS medius Linntms, Syst. Nat. 17,58, p. 114 : Sweden. 



Dendrocoptes medius {Linn.) ; S. O. 11. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 78 ;. 

 Harrjitt, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. 1890, p. 286. 



Recorded by Pennant from Lancashire, and by other 

 authors from elsewhere, but no British-killed examples have 

 been satisfactorily identified. 



The Middle Spotted A\'oodpecker is a resident from 

 southern Scandinavia and the Alps eastwards to Poland and 

 Roumania ; it is i-epresented by other allied subspecies as far 

 as Persia. 



Dryobates pubescens. Downy Woodpecker. 



Pious pubescens Linnaus, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766,. 

 p. 175 : Carolina. 



Dendrooopus pubescens {Linn.') ; B. 0. JJ. List, 1st ed. 1S83,. 

 p. 77 ; Sarcjift, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. 1890, p. 238 ; Sami- 

 ders, Maniud, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 278. 



An example was recorded from Bloxworth, Dorsetshire, 

 Dec. 1836, but the evidence is not satisfactory. 



The typical form of the Downy Woodpecker is a resident 

 in the south-eastern United States from North Carolina to- 

 Texas. 



Dryobates villosus. Hairy Woodpecker. 



Pious villosus Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766,. 

 p. 175 : New Jersey, U.S.A. 



Dendrocopus villosus (Forst.) ; B. O. TI. List. \>i ed. 1883, p. 77 ; 

 Hargill, Cat. Birds B. M. xviii. 1890, p. 230 ; Sainidrrs^ 

 Ifannal, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 27G. 



