GREEN WOODPECKER.
ONOOOEUb OOBD. DBLOB Y DEBW, OF THE ANCIENT BRITISH.
U R G E GREEN WOODPECKER. WMOIJSPITK.
HIGH HOE. II EW-HOLE. PICK-A-TRBE. BCLE. POPINJAY. RAIN-BIRD.
RAIN-FOWL. WHITTLE. AWL-BIRD. YAPPINGALL. YAFFLE.
YAFKER. NICK-A-PECKER.
Pit us vm'du, LlNNJEUS.
Bmchylophus vtrtdu, SWAINSON.
Ptcus—A bird that makes holes in trees, supposed to be the Woodpecker.
I Vridis—Green.
THOUGH to man it is a difficulty to make even a copy without some
variation from tlie* original, yet, to strike out a fresh design is by no
means so easy as it might therefore be thought. Let the thoughtful
artist then devoutly wonder at the unspeakable beauty of the varieties
which the hand of Almightly power and wisdom has pourtrayed in
the 'fowls of the air,' as in all the other 'wonderful works' of nature
'which God created and made.'
This handsome species is a native of Europe, being found in more
or less plentv, according to the suitableness of the locality, in Russia,
Spain, Greece, Italy, Scandinavia, France, and Holland; in Asia, even
in Siberia; also in Africa, in Egypt, according to Meyer.
It is common throughout England, and, according to Selby, in Scotland,
that is to say, in all the wooded districts. It is, however, greatly
reduced in numbers in many or most parts. Thus Mr. Allis reports
of it,—'Common about Doncaster, occasionally seen near Leeds and
York, not common near Sheffield, nearly extirpated in the vicinity of
Halifax, rarely met with at IIebden-Bridge, very rare near Hudderslield.
though formerly more plentiful, frequently met with in the wooded
districts near Barnsley, numerous near Thirsk.' The like remark would