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[Dendrocopus villosus. Raimt Woodpecker. 



Picus villosus, Forster, Phil. Trans, vol. Ixii. p. 383 



(1772). 



Picus villosus, Gray, p. 114; Gould, Introd. p. xcvii ; Harting, 

 p. 132. 

 Villosus = hairy, from villus = hair. 



Latham (Gen. Hist. iii. p. 390, 1822) reported a pair 

 from Halifax, Yorkshire ; and one is said to have been killed 

 near Whitby, Yorkshire, in 1849 (Zool. 1849, pp. 2496, 

 2527 ; 1 85 1 , pp. 2985, 3034) . A native of North-America.] 



[Dendrocopus puhescens. Downt Woodpeckeb. 



Picus pubescens, Linnceus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 175 (1766) . 



Picus pubescens. Gray, p. 114; Gould, Introd. p. xcvii; 

 Harting, p. 122. 



Pubescens = having reached the age of puberty, become downy ; from pnbes 

 = the hair which is the sign of manhood ; from the hairiness of the feathers on 

 the back. 



One is said to have been obtained near Blandford, Dorset- 

 shii'e, in December 1836 (Zool. 1859, p. 6444). Common in 

 the Eastern United States of America.] 



Dendrocopus major. Geeat Spotted Wood- 

 pecker. 



Picus major, Linnceus, S. N. i. p. 176 (1766). 



Picus major, Naum. v. p. 298 ; Hewitson, p. 240 ; Gray, 

 p. 113 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 148 ; id. ed. 3, ii. p. 153; Gould, 

 iii. pi. 70; Harting, p. 32; Dresser, v. p. 19. 



Picus pipra, Macg. iii. p. 80. 



Dendrocopus major, Newton, ii. p. 470. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 142. 

 Major = greater, comparative of magnus = great. 



Resident in Great Britain, and found in most counties in 

 suitable localities ; only known in Ireland as a rare straggler. 

 It is generally distributed throughout the Palsearctic Region, 

 but is subject to much local variation. 



