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SCANSORES. 



GEClNINyE."" 



SUB-FAMILY IV. 



The Green Woodpeckers. 



Gen. Chakac. — Bill more or less long, strong, and straight, with the base 

 broad and the sides compressed towards the tip, which is truncated and 

 acute, the sides sloping, and furnished with a lateral ridge, which springs 

 from above the nostrils and runs along near the culmen towards the end of 

 the upper mandible for two-thirds of its length. 



Fig. 133.— the green woodpecker. 

 {Geciniig viridis.) 



These birds are found in most parts of the Old 

 World. They reside singly or in pairs in forests 

 and jungles. 



The type of this sub-family, — 



* yrj, ge, the earth; kiv^uj, kineo, to disturb ; So called because 

 it scratches up the earth in search of food. 



