THE IBIS. 



FIFTH SERIES. 



No. XXI. JANUARY 1888. 



I. — Notes OH Woodpeckers. — No. XIV. On the Genus Gecinus. 

 By Edward Hakgitt, F.Z.S. 



Since Malherbe's monograph appeared new species have 

 been added to the present genus^ and through the earnest 

 labours o£ many ornithologists a more thorough knowledge of 

 the species comprised in it has been arrived at, while certain 

 Gecini supposed to be distinct have been allotted to their true 

 position. It is with the view of placing before the readers 

 of ' The Ibis •" the present state of our acquaintance with the 

 genus that I have undertaken its revision, adding a few 

 notes which may possibly prove interesting. I have included 

 in the genus Gecinus three species which are generally placed 

 in the genus ChrysophUgma of Gould, viz. G. chlorolophus, 

 G. chlorigaster, and G. jjunlceus, as I am of opinion that their 

 true affinity is with the Gecini, and not with the other yellow- 

 naped species composing the genus Chrysophlegma. Count 

 Salvadoii places G. puniceus in his genus Callolophus, but 

 I think its characters are those of a Gecinus. 



Reichenbach, in his ' Handbuch/ includes nine species in 

 the present genus. Of these G. karelini is generally admitted 

 to be nothing more than G. viridis ; while G. xanthopygius is, 



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