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GECINUS SHARPII, Saunders. 

 SPANISH GREEN WOODPECKER. 

 [§ 620. One.— Spain. From Colonel Irby, 1872. 



Colonel Irbj' informed me that this was from a district in which G. viridis 

 did not breed.] 



[§ 621. One.—Avmjuei, " 4 May, 1870. H. S." From Mr. 

 Howard Samiders's sale, 17 May, 1877. 



Taken by Mr. Saunders himself.] 



GECINUS VAILLANTI (Malherbe). 

 ALGERIAN GREEN WOODPECKER. 



[^ 622. One. — Kef Laks, Algeria, 21 April, 1857. From Mr. 

 Salvin's Collection, 1858. 



From a nest of seven eggs brought with the bird by an Arab. Mr. Salvin's 

 note continues : — " Owing to the absence of large trees over a great portion 

 of the Province of Constantine, the AVoodpeckers are by no means numerous. 

 I saw a pair of this species at Sidi Yousef, one of Picus nwnidicus at Djebel 

 Deckmar, another pair of P. levaillanti at Kef Laks, and what I took to be 

 P. minor also at Kef Laks. Mr. Tristram in passing through the country 

 between Soukharras and Le Calle saw a greater number, but none of them are 

 common."] 



DENDROCOPUS MAJOR (Linnseus). 

 PIED WOODPECKER. 

 § 623. 0/^^.— From M. Perrot's Collection, 1840. 



§ 624. 0/^e.— From M. Hardy's Collection, 1846. 



§ 625. r/^/w.— Grange Wood, 1850. 



