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edge of the crown and occiput, 



also the malar stripe, crimson, chlorolophus S a^d-j p. t>0. 

 y'. Occiput (ouly) externally bor- 

 dered with red ; no red malar 



stripe chlurolophus J ad., p. 60. 



»'". Smaller, length 9'5 inches, wing 

 4'65 ; underparts deep oliYe, 

 the sides of the body and below 

 the breast more or less spotted 

 transversely with yellowish 

 white. 

 ?•', Crown, occiput, and malar 



stripe crimson chlorocjaster S ad., p. 63. 



s*. Occiput (only) crimson ; no red 



malar stripe chloroyastev $ ad., p. 63. 



d". Wing-coverts and outer webs of 

 qiuUs (except the apical portion 

 of the primaries) crimson. 



/". Malar stripe crimson jnmiceus S ad., p. 65. 



k'". "Without any malar stripe .... puniceus 5 ad., p. 65. 

 . Eump red ; head black ; neck and chest 



yellow. 

 c'. BiU ivory-white. 



e". Crown with a small quadrate spot 



of red eriithropijgius S ad., p. 66. 



/". With no red on crown eri/throjii/ffius 5 ad., p. 67. 



d'. BiU black. 

 g". Crown with large quadrate patch 



of red, or almost entii-ely red. . . . 7iigriyenis cS ad., p. 67. 

 h". With no red on crown nigrigenis $ ad., p. 68. 



1. Gecinus viridis. 



Le Pic \e\A,Bnss. Ont. iv. p. 9 (1760); Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois . 



vii. p. 355 (1783) ; Dauh. PL Enl. 879 {S)- 

 Le Pic Yerd du Mexique, Briss. Ont. iv. p. 16 (1760)*. 

 Le Pic jaune de Perse, Biiss. Orn. iv. p. 20 (1760)t ; Salerne, Hist. 



Nat. Ois. p. 108 (1767). 

 The Cireen Woodpecker, Penn. Brit. Zool, Bds. p. 78, pi. E, c? 



(1766) ; Wallis, Nat. Hist. Nortlmmh. i. p. 319 (1769) ; Lath. 



Gen. Syn. ii. p. 577 (1782) ; Petin. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 277 (1785) ; 



Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. i. p. 110 (1787) ; Lewin, B. Gt. Brit. ii. 



p. 34, pi. xlvi. 6 (1796) ; Mont. Orn. Diet. ii. (1802) ; Betuick, 



Hist. Bds. i. p. 136 (1826) ; Heivits. Mag. Zool. &■ Bot. ii. p. 313 



(1838) ; Thomps. Nat. Hist. Ird. ii. App. p. 441 (1851). 

 Picus \mi\s, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 175(1766); Tunst. Orn. Brit. 



* Founded on the bird described and figured as Ardea me.vicana by Seba 

 (Cab. Cur. Nat. i. pt. 2, p. 100, pi. Ixiv. fig. 3, 1734), but which is only G. 

 viridis furuished with the legs of another bird, not a Woodpecker. Tins error 

 was observed by Brisson, who placed the bird amongst the Picidce, but failed 

 to recognize the species to which it belonged. 



+ Founded on the Picus lufeus cyanopus piersicus of Aldrovandi (Orn. p. 850), 

 and nothing more than a variety of G. viridis, peculiar to the East. 



