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AVES. 
Picus minimus — The Least Woodpecker. 
Plate XLIX. fig. 2. 
Upper parts pale umber-brown, with white spots on the 
shoulders; under parts brownish-yellow; bill and sides of the 
head black, the latter spotted with white; crown surmounted by 
a crest; legs and feet bluish-gray. Three inches long. Inhabits 
Java. 
Genus 19. — GALBULA.— Brisson. 
Generic Character. —Bill long, nearly straight, or slightly 
bent at the tip, quadrangular and pointed ; nostrils basal, ovate, 
partly covered by a naked membrane; legs short; the tarsus 
shorter than the external toe; feet strong; the anterior toes 
united as far as the joint of the third phalange. 
Galbula viridis. — The Green Jacmar. 
Plate L. fig. 6. 
Rich golden green above; venter and crissum reddish ; throat 
white; tail long, cuneiform, consisting of ten feathers ; irides 
blue. Six inches and a half long. Inhabits Brazil. 
Genus 20.—YUNX.— Linnceus. 
Generic Character. —Bill short, straight, conical, depressed, 
the ridge rounded, somewhat slender at the tip ; nostrils basal, 
lateral, and partly closed by a membrane; the two anterior toes 
united at their base ; posterior ones divided; tongue long, ex¬ 
tensile, and vermiform, provided at its tip with a horny sub¬ 
stance ; tail with ten flexible soft feathers; wings of medium 
length; the first quill a little shorter than the second, which is 
the longest in the wing. 
Yunx torquilla. — The Wryneck. 
Plate XLIX. fig. 3. 
Head, back, wing-coverts and rump, yellowish-gray, beauti¬ 
fully mottled with brown specks and arrow-shaped bars of white ; 
a blackish-brown line extends from the nape to the middle of the 
back; tail barred with black, and the wings with brownish- 
black ; under parts cream-white; irides chestnut-brown ; bill 
yellowish-brown. Six inches and a half long. Inhabits Europe. 
