. British birds. Birds. NOTES. 137 and in poor condition, and it seemed as though the diet suppUed by the Bullfinch had been barely sufficient (or suitable) to rear it. J. H. Owen. YOUNG GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS. On June 24th, 1911, I found a nest of the Great Spotted Woodpecker {Dendroco'pus major) still containing two fully- fledged young. The nest was in a small tree in the middle of. YOUNG GEE AT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS. [Photographed by J. H. Owen.) a thick wood in Essex, and fifteen to twenty feet from the? ground, in an old boring. I examined the nest with the help of the boy who was with
. British birds. Birds. NOTES. 137 and in poor condition, and it seemed as though the diet suppUed by the Bullfinch had been barely sufficient (or suitable) to rear it. J. H. Owen. YOUNG GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS. On June 24th, 1911, I found a nest of the Great Spotted Woodpecker {Dendroco'pus major) still containing two fully- fledged young. The nest was in a small tree in the middle of. YOUNG GEE AT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS. [Photographed by J. H. Owen.) a thick wood in Essex, and fifteen to twenty feet from the? ground, in an old boring. I examined the nest with the help of the boy who was with me. It was in a horrible mess, as all the excrement, which is left in the hole, was ver}^ wet and full of large white maggots. The nests of Green Woodpeckers which I have opened this year, as soon as the young had gone, have all been in a similar condition. We took the two young out of the nest and put them upon an old stump, up which they climbed with their feet wide apart and their tails applied to the trunk. Arrived at the top they pecked at one another and uttered their call-note. Occasionally they would ^y. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, Witherby & Co
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