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Title: The birds of Europe
Year: 1837 (1830s)
Authors: Gould, John, 1804-1881
Subjects: Pictorial works Birds
Publisher: London, Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor, pub. by the author
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f which it diligently examines in search of them: besides insects, it also feeds during the seasonon various fruits and berries. It lays its eggs, which are of a glossy white, in the holes of trees. The colouring of the plumage is as follows : A frontal band of ash colour occupies the space between thebill and the crown of the head, which is scarlet, the occiput being furnished with somewhat elongated feathersof the same colour; the neck and chest are white, with the exception of an obscure band, which passes downthe sides of the neck; the back and wings are black, the scapularies being white, and the quills marked withbands of the same colour; the flanks are rich rose colour, with longitudinal blotches of black occupying thecentre of each feather; under surface and vent crimson ; the middle feathers of the tail black; the outerones white, banded with black; irides reddish brown, encircled by a light ring ; tarsi lead colour. The Plate represents a male and female of the natural size.
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; /_/ jggpj .;-* LESSEE SPOTTED WOOD! Picus minor-, fLmmj \C1 LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER. Picus minor, Linn.Le Pic 6peichette. The present elegant species of Woodpecker, which has received from the older ornithologists the specifictitle of minor, is, indeed, the least of all the European Woodpeckers ; but if we include India and other por-tions of the globe, we find species considerably smaller, rendering its appellation erroneous, unless weconsider it as strictly in reference to its European congeners. As far as we have been able to ascertain, thisportion of the globe forms the restricted habitat of this species, over the whole of which, however, it ispretty generally distributed, confining itself to the precincts of woods, parks, and orchards. In England itis far more abundant than is generally supposed; we have seldom sought for it in vain wherever large trees,particularly the Elm, grow in sufficient numbers to invite its abode : its security from sight is to be attributedmore to it

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