THE PIED WOODPECKERS. 
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thighs. 
y quills, and by the dusky stripes on the flanks and 
^6 large size of the present species prevents its being mis- 
g uny of the other Pied Woodpeckers included in the 
g It may also be recognised by its having the back 
pj.^ ^ump black. The North American P. villosus, which ap- 
t>ack^^^^ it in size, has a white streak down the middle of the 
the Great Britain. — A somewhat local bird, and one ol 
is f difficult to observe, on account of its shy nature. It 
’^ssting in the woodlands of the southern and mid- 
In England, but is rare to the north of Yorkshire, 
kno ^ scarce species, and in Scotland it is not now 
lhit’'-R In some years considerable numbers visit the 
eggj Islands during the autumn migration, especially the 
l>een™ 'n i886, 1887, and again in 1889. It has only 
been in Ireland at scattered intervals, and has never 
ound breeding in that country. 
Eu^^^* • British Islands Distributed throughout 
Eircle'^-^*' ®*^*ffible localities, reaching just beyond the Arctic 
Norti Scandinavia, and found as far as Archangel in 
the E^tissia, but the most northern limit recorded in 
^^argitf .^°tmtains is 64° N. lat. Thence, according to Mr. 
Cor extends across Southern Siberia to Amurland 
Great British Museum possesses exainjiles of the 
froi \Voodpecker from Portugal, Spain, N. Italy, 
aiders th^ Minor. The above-named authority also con- 
Eritish s^ Canary Islands to be the same as our 
Surface there is a tendency to a darker under 
faces of 7) specimens from these islands. In every direction 
°*ber cn,, major are found, which take its place in 
"'hite-bj-p Etc Patearctic Region. Thus D. cissa, a 
f^hatka • 71 ^ fonn, is found in Eastern Siberia and Kamt- 
a dark form, in the Caucasus ; D. leiicop- 
the Woodo^ V 1^**^'^* difficult to study in the field than 
®byest of bird present species, with us, is one of the 
s- Its presence is sometimes made known by its 
