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SCANSORES. 



COLAPTIX.E. 



Srn-FAMILY VI. 



The Ground Woodpeckers. 



Gen. Charac. — Bill broad at the base, and the sides compressed to the end, 

 with the culmen much curved to the tip, which is acute, the sides of the 

 upper mandible sloping, and the lateral ridge scarcely visible or entirely 

 wanting. 



Fig. 135. — the golden-winged woodpecker. 

 ( Colaptex (I urutiig. ) 



The denomination of Cuckoo-Woodpeckers would 

 not be inappropriate to tlie members of this sub- 

 family, seeing that in their structure the characters 

 of both these birds seem to be combined. They 

 have, in fact, the tail-feathers of the Woodpecker, 



* KoXairTuj, colapto, to -peclc tcith the hill. 



