4. eECDTTIS. 41 



g. 2 juv. sk. Granada, Spain, Sept. 1874 Tweeddale Coll. 



{Horvavd Saiinclers). 



h. cS ad. sk. Coimbra, Portugal. Dr. Lopez Yiera 



[P.]. 



3. Gecinus vaillanti. 



Picus (Cliloropicus) viridis {)wn Linn.), Malh. Cat. Rais. Ois. 



d' Alger., 3Iem. Soc. d'Hist. Metz, 1846, p. 17. 

 Picus (Cbloropiciis) caiius {non Gm.), Malh. Cat. Eats. Ois. d' Alger., 



Mem. Sue. d'Hist. Nat. Metz, 1846, p. 17. 

 Chloropicus vaillantii, Malh. Mem. Acad. Metz, 1846-47, p. 130 ; 



id. N. Classif., op. cit. 1848-49, p. 351 ; id. Fieidce, ii. p. 122, 



pi. Ixxxii. figs. 1-3 (1862). 

 Picus algirus, Levaill. Jr. Expl. Sc. d' Alger., Ois. pi. y. (1848-49) ; 



Smidev. Consp. Av. Finn. p. 60 (1866). 

 Gecinus algirus, Grag, Gen. B. iii. App. p. 21 (1849) ; Eeicheiih. 



Scans. Ficince, p. 348, no. 793, pi. dcxx. fig. 4134 (1854). 

 Gecinus vaillantii, Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 126 (1850) ; id. Consp. 



Volucr. Zygod. p. 10 (1854) ; Loche, Cat. Mamm. et Ois. dAlg. 



sp. 191, p. 92 (1858); Tristr. Ibis, 1859, p. 159; Salv. torn. cit. 



p. 315 ; Tristr. op. cit. 1860, p. 373; Brake, op. cit. 1867, p. 425; 



Loche, Expl. Sc. d' Alger, ii. p. 83 (1867) ; Grag, List Picul. Brit. 



Mas. p. 73 (1868); id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 191, no. 8673 (1870); 



Tacz. J.f. 0. 1870, p. 40 ; G%miey, Jan., Zool. 1871, p. 2579 ; 



Dresser, B. Eur. t. p. 93, pi. cclxxxvii. (1873) ; Irbg, Orn. Str. 



Gibr. p. 72 (1875); Harg. Ibis, 1888, p. 24. 

 Picus viridis Cnon Linn.), Carstensen Xaumannia, ii. pt. 1, p. 77 



(1852). 



Adult male. Resembles both G. viridis and G. sharpii. It diifers 

 from G. viridis in having the face grej-, and in the malar stripe 

 being entirely black. It also difi'ers from G. sharpii in having the 

 malar stripe black, and in addition has a white spot at the base of 

 the upper mandible, and an indication of a whitish stripe above the 

 malar region. " Irides white " (Irbg). Total length 11-3 inches, 

 culmeu 1-5, wing 6-05, tail 3-8, tarsus 1-12 ; toes (without claws) — 

 outer anterior 0-95, outer posterior 0-86, inner anterior 0-68, inner 

 posterior 0-38. 



Adult femcde. Differs from the adult male in having the occiput 

 alone scarlet, the forebead and crown being greenish slaty grey, the 

 feathers having a black central stripe. Total length 11-3 inches, 

 culmen 1-45, wing 6, tail 4-05, tarsus 1. 



Hah. Morocco and Algeria, as far as the Tunisian frontier. 



a. (S ad. St. Algeria. Pm'chased. 



b. $ ad. sk. Tetuan, Morocco, March 29, 1874 Col. Irby [P.]. 



4. Gecinus awokera. 



Picus awokera, Temm. PL Col. iv.no. -l-i, pi. 585 (1826); id. Sf 

 Schleg. Faun. Japon. p. 72, pi. xxxvi. (1847-49) ; Sundev. Consp. 

 Av. Ficin. p. 60 (1866). 



Gecinus awokera, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 438 (1846) ; Bp. Consp. Gen, 

 Av. i. p. 127 (1850) ; id. Comp. Volucr. Zggod. p. 10 (1854) ; 



