Levaillant's woodpecker green woodpecker. The call is a loud ringing laugh, "plue, plue, plue", very like the green woodpecker’s yaffle, but perhaps slightly faster. This woodpecker’s insect food is captured by a rapid outward flick of the long tongue, and gummed to its tip by sticky saliva. Though a large and heavy bird it has an easy, bounding flight. The nest is a hole in a tree, and 4-8 glossy white eggs are laid on wood chips. Levaillant's woodpecker The Levaillant’s woodpecker or Levaillant’s green woodpecker ("Picus vaillantii") is a large African member of the woodpecker family Picidae. Levaillant's woodpecker is sometimes
Proposals for an English Academy In "Culture and Anarchy" Arnold denied that he supported setting up an English Academy, guying the likely membership as establishment figures. Proposals for an English Academy During the early part of the 17th century, and persisting in some form into the early 18th century, there were a number of proposals for an English Academy: some form of learned institution, conceived as having royal backing and a leading role in the intellectual life of the nation. Definite calls for an English Academy came in 1617, based on the Italian model dating back to the 16th century; they were followed up later,