PIClDiE — THE WOODPECKERS— SPIIYROPICUS. 



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Genus SPHYROPICUS, B.mrd. 



Pilumnus, BosAPARTE, Cons]i. Zvgod. Atcneo Italiano, May, 1854. (P. Ihyroidim.) Name 



preofcuiiied. 

 Sphyrapicus, Baird, P. K. Rep. IX. Bird.s, 1858, 102. 



Gex. Char. Bill as in Picus, but the lateral riilge, ■vvliieh is very prominent, running 

 out distinctly to the cuuiniissure at about its middle, beyond whieli the bill is rounded 



p. borealis. 



without any angles at all. Tlie culmcn and gonys arc very ncarl)- straight, but slightly 

 convex, the bill tapering rapidly to a point ; the lateral outline concave to very near the 

 slightly bevelled tip. Outer pair of toes longest ; the hinder exterior rather longest ; the 



