116 GECININZ. 
The Black-backed Woodpecker is not common; it has been 
obtained near Aboo, at Mhow in Central India, aud at Ratnagiri ; 
it does not occur in Sind. 
Genus, Thriponax. 
Lateral ridge prominent near the culmen, which is sharp and 
very slightly arched; gonys hardly half the length of the under 
mandible ; toes short; anterior toe longer than the versatile one ; 
claws very large; neck long and slender; head, with a short 
compact crest; wings and tail long, the latter cuneate. 
Thriponax hodgsoni, Jerdon. 
169.—Mulleripicus hodgsoni, Jerd—Jerdon’s Birds of India, 
Vol. I, p. 284; Butler, Deccan; Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 386. 
THE GREAT BLACK WOODPECKER. 
Length, 17 to 19; expanse, 24 to 26; wing, 8 to 9; tail, 75; 
bill at front, 2 to 2°3. 
Bill black ; irides crimson; legs dark plumbeous. 
Head, with short thick crest, and stripe running from the base 
of the lower mandible, crimson ; lower part of back, rump and 
middle of belly, white; the rest of the plumage deep black. 
The Great Black Woodpecker has been obtained at Kanara 
and also in the forests west of Belgaum; there is no other record 
of its occurrence within the district. 
Sup-FAMILy, Gecinine. 
Bill widened, with the culmen more or less curved; lateral 
ridge very slight or absent altogether; gonys short; feet smali; 
hind-toe shorter than the anterior outer one ; the hind-toe, indeed, 
is always very small, and absent in some. 
Genus, Gecinus, Bote. 
Bill slightly widened in its whole length, compressed at the 
tip ; upper mandible thickened at the base, with one or more 
slightly elevated lines (representing the lateral ridge), close to 
the culmen, which is very slightly arched; gonys very short ; 
wings moderate ; anterior and versatile toes nearly equal; hind- 
head with a narrow pointed crest; neck thick; tail rather long, 
cuneate. 
Gecinus striolatus, Blyth. 
171.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 287; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IIT, p. 458 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. 
IX, p. 386, 
THE SMALL GREEN WOODPECKER. 
Length, 11°5 ; expanse, 17; wing, 5°25; tail, 3°75; bill at 
front, 1:2; foot, 2°2. ; 
Bill horny above, yellowish at base and beneath ; irides pink 
with an outer circle of white ; feet greenish-slaty. 
