. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. PICIDM— WO OD PECKERS. "^Al Family PICID^. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker : Dendrocopus minor. A rare resident, though it occurs from time to time, and is occa- sionally found breeding in most parts of the county, and is even common round Danbury. ^^ _ _^^^ Mr. Clarke mentions specimens, which occurred respectively one in the churchyard and another in a garden, at Saffron Walden, on March 2nd, 1830, one in Audley End Park in 1847, and another on a walnut tree at the Roos, in Feb- ruary, 1852. On June 14th, 1881,
. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. PICIDM— WO OD PECKERS. "^Al Family PICID^. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker : Dendrocopus minor. A rare resident, though it occurs from time to time, and is occa- sionally found breeding in most parts of the county, and is even common round Danbury. ^^ _ _^^^ Mr. Clarke mentions specimens, which occurred respectively one in the churchyard and another in a garden, at Saffron Walden, on March 2nd, 1830, one in Audley End Park in 1847, and another on a walnut tree at the Roos, in Feb- ruary, 1852. On June 14th, 1881, I saw a nest containing both eggs and young in an old rotten dam- son tree in a garden on the out- skirts of the town. Mr. C. Wal- ford records (19) several killed at Braxted about 1838. My uncle, Mr. David Christy, has a speci- men shot at Stanford Rivers about 1873. One was seen here several times about the middle of Decem- ber, 1877, and another at the end of November, 1879. Dr. Bree lesser woodpeckers, mentions one at Tiptree in April, 1870 (29. May 7). Henry Doubleday, in 1832, says (10), " I have seen it here [Epping] once or ; Again, in 1840, he wrote (10), "it is, as far as my observation goes, very rare [round London]. « * » A solitary, straggling individual or two, is all I ever heard of anywhere round ; In the Forest, nowadays, however, Mr. Buxton says (47. 86) that it is " not very ; Mr. Lisier adds, " Three times seen in my garden at ; English includes it (43. i. 24) in his Epping list, as also does Edward Doubleday (15). A female was killed at Wix in February, 1888 (Spalding). Mr. Kerry records one (40. iii. 182) on February 2nd, 1879, at Ram- sey, where he says it is " very ; Mr. Chas. Ed. Smith says (31. 53) that it is "occasionally shot in the woods of Mr. Honeywood, Marks ; Mr. Hope says it is common at Upminster, and observes that it " general
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