. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. 148 THE BIRDS OF ESSEX. Great Spotted Woodpecker : Deudrocopus majoi'. Locally^ " French Magpie " (Saffron Walden). A resident, though very sparsely distributed over the county. I have very seldom seen the bird. Mr. Clarke describes it (24) as " not unfrequent in woods" near Walden. King says (20) it is " rare " round Sudbury, and Mr. Grubb writes (39), a speci- men was "seen last winter (1875) by niy children to fly across our river and settle among some trees on the other sid
. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. 148 THE BIRDS OF ESSEX. Great Spotted Woodpecker : Deudrocopus majoi'. Locally^ " French Magpie " (Saffron Walden). A resident, though very sparsely distributed over the county. I have very seldom seen the bird. Mr. Clarke describes it (24) as " not unfrequent in woods" near Walden. King says (20) it is " rare " round Sudbury, and Mr. Grubb writes (39), a speci- men was "seen last winter (1875) by niy children to fly across our river and settle among some trees on the other ; In theParsons Collection is a speci- men shot at Little Wakering in 1848. In April, 1883, I observed one here. It " occurs in Loughton Manor " (Buxton 47. 86). Henry Doubleday, writing from Epping in 1832, says (10), " I have procured two eggs of the Pied Woodpecker this year. The bird is scarce here, and I never saw the nest ; However, both Edward Doubleday (15) and English (43. i. 24) include it in their lists of Epping birds. Mr. Arthur Lister observed one in July, 1888, in Wanstead Park, where he had formerly supposed it only a winter visitor. Mr. Hope says that it is "common " at Upminster, and Dr. Laver informs me that it occurs in both the Colchester and Paglesham districts. One was killed with a stick in Lexden Park in 1882 (Spalding). At Harwich it is scarce, though it breeds (Kerry). Mr_ Travis says that in the vicinity of Saffron Walden, where it is rare, it is known as the " French ; Green Woodpecker: Gecinus viridis. Locally, "Whetile," and "Yaffle," "Rain-bird" (E. A. F.) and "Heigh-ho" (E. A. F). A fairly-common resident, especially in parks and thickly-tim- bered districts, as round Danbury, Epping, Maldon, &c. According to King (20), it was " not uncommon " around Sudbury in 1838. Mr. Buxton sa3's that it (47. 86) " may be constantly heard t
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