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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
Bury writes,^ it " is now rare, but was less so once. I 
have seen three or four specimens that were killed a few 
years back, but the living bird I have not seen or heard." 
There is a specimen in Mr. V. Willett's collection pro- 
cured in the island, November nth, 1889. 
Mr. Wadham says it is extremely rare. 
The nest of this species has been recorded from all parts 
of the mainland, including Hursley, Highclere Park (Aplin), 
and VVolmer Forest (Irby). 
In the big beech woods and in the birch plantations of 
the New Forest a quiet observer can hardly fail to discover 
this bird, at least in the summer. 
Wise notes that it clings more tenaciously to its nesting 
holes than the green woodpecker. 
109. Dendrocopus rninor. Lesser Spotted 
Woodpecker. 
A resident throughout the county, but uncommon. 
It is certainly more generally distributed and more 
plentiful than the last-named in most districts, except 
perhaps in the New Forest. 
Its rarity in the Isle of Wight is remarkable, for it is 
not included in any of the lists of island birds, and the 
only record we can hear of is that of one being shot at 
Swainston, in September, 1893, which is reported to us by 
Mr. Wadham, of Newport. 
There is considerable difference of opinion among 
observers as to whether the greater or the lesser spotted 
J " Zoologist. " 1845. 
