. Cassell's natural history . in Eughind. lie procured hisspecimen in the market at llatisbon, in Germany, and it was killed in the neighbourhoodof that city ; but touching its absence in England, he only says, It is not found inEngland that icc Inio/r of: Lewin figures the species in his Lirds of Great Bi-itain,and \\rites thus:— We believe this to be exceedingly scarce in England; but as weluuc sufficient authority to say that it has been met with more than once in the soulliernand western parts of this kingdom, it may not be amiss to figure it among the Britishspecies. That the bird has occ
. Cassell's natural history . in Eughind. lie procured hisspecimen in the market at llatisbon, in Germany, and it was killed in the neighbourhoodof that city ; but touching its absence in England, he only says, It is not found inEngland that icc Inio/r of: Lewin figures the species in his Lirds of Great Bi-itain,and \\rites thus:— We believe this to be exceedingly scarce in England; but as weluuc sufficient authority to say that it has been met with more than once in the soulliernand western parts of this kingdom, it may not be amiss to figure it among the Britishspecies. That the bird has occurred in this country in u natural state, even of laleyears, no one, we apprehend, can doubt, after the perusal of the evidence above collected •and (he probability is, that this tine species was comparatively abundant in the vastforests which formerly covered so great a portion of Britain, especially in tlie northernparts of the country. ^4iii| r^ . wm \ * vA ^:k^fu ^^ ^ it ^- ^ t r W %\ /I /^ tlx. ^.^^ 5 Li ^■^^ #l(7^. THE GREEN ^VOODPECKEK. is found over theIt bears variousyaffil, from its This bird, generally observed either climbing the bark of trees in search of insects, orpassing by a short and undulating flight from one tree to anothergreater portion of the wooded districts both of England and Scotland,names : thus the people of Surrey and Sussex call it the yaffle orrepeated notes, which are compared to the sound of a laugh ; in Northumberland it isstyled rain-fowl, from its being more loud and noisy before a shower ; while other terms,which are modifications of its name, as, woodwall, woodpic, and woodnacker, are inuse in the New Forest, in Hampshire. The green woodpecker obtains its food both upon trees and on the ground ; its flightis short, undulating, and rather laborious. AVhen seen moving upon a tree, says , the bird is mostly ascending in a direction more or less oblique, and is believedto be incapable of descending, unless this action is perfor
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