riciD.i.:. 



l;-}! 



E. Maxillo-palatines small, not fused together. 



F. Manubrial process of the sternum bifurcate. 



G. Femoro-cauJal and semitendinosus muscles present ; anihle.ns 



and accessory femoro-caudal absent. 

 PL Tongue very long, worm-like, provided with a horny, barlx'.l 

 tip, capable of great protrusion, tlie hyoid cornua (extending 

 backwards over the skull (excejit in S/>^>f/i'opicns and XenZ 

 plcus) . 



Ventral view of skull of Picus major (enlarged), to show split vomer. 

 Letters as before. 



N.B. — Many of the above details, which supplement Mr. See- 

 bohm's diagnosis for the family, are derived from U\\ Hargitt's 

 volume on the Woodpeckers (Cat. B, Brit. Mus. xviii.) 



Henus GECINUS. 

 Boie, Isis. is;il, p. o4i?. 



Gecinus viridis. 



Picus viridis, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 175 (1766). 



Gecinus viridis, Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 37 (ISyO). 



The Green Woodpecker. 



J fab. Greater part of Europe to Asia Minor and Persia. 



556. Skeleton. From Bremen. 0. (■. 14(J9c. 



Preseided In/ [)r. Otfo Finsrh, C.M.Z.S, 



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