RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Simpson, Narrative of the discovery of some nests of the black woodpecker (Picus martius) in Sweden. CUL-DAR84.2.140. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 175, n25: "see also the 'Ibis,' vol. i. p. 268."
W. H. Simpson. 1859. Narrative of the discovery of some nests of the black woodpecker (Picus martius) in Sweden. Ibis 1: 264-273.
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Ibis vol. I. p. 268 Four Woodpeckers living in pairs & four males visiting nest, which had been rifled probably taking share in incubation
Nidification
Mcgilliv says males alternating - Audubon says little
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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