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follows: the old bird 2oz. 2idrs., one voun°- 
bird 2oz. 4£drs., another 2oz. 2|lrs., the 
third 2 oz., by which it appears that one 
of the young was heavier than the old 
bird. 
The Greater Spotted Woodpecker 
measures nine inches in length, and six- 
teen inches in the expansion of its wings. 
The female resembles the other sex in 
every respect, except that it wants the 
scarlet mark on the head. She lays five 
or six eggs of a pure glossy white. 
The Greater Spotted Woodpecker is 
less frequent in England than the Green 
species. It is also found in various parts 
of Europe, North America, and Siberia. 
Like the other species of this genus, the 
Greater Spotted Woodpecker cannot be 
procured without considerable difficulty, 
as it instantly avoids the sight by creeping 
behind a branch; and we have frequently 
been disappointed of procuring it, even 
when the bird has been dreadfully wounded, 
for it will adhere with its sharp claws to 
the bark as long as life remains. 
