Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus Gecinus. 15 



Chusan, Foochow, and Formosa, and I have in my own 

 cabinet an example from the island of Pootoo [Fryer) . 



David and Onstalet consider G. tancolo distinct from 

 G. guerini, and Pere David gives us the following notes as 

 to their range : — G. guerini. " Peculiar to the central part of 

 China. I have found it very plentiful in Southern Shen-see 

 and along the Blue River (Yaugtsze).^^ G. tancolo. '' I have 

 found it from Fokien as far as Szechuan, and it is probable 

 that it inhabits the whole south of China.'^ 



3. Gecinus canus. 



The Grey-headed Green Woodpecker, Edwards, Nat. Hist. 

 Birds, ii. pi. Ixv. $ (1747) ; Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 583 

 (1782). 



Le Pie vert de Norwege, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 18 (1760). 



The Grey-headed Woodpecker, Penn. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 277 

 (1785). 



Picus canus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 434- (1788), ex Edwards ; 

 Licht. Cat. Rer. Hamb. p. 18 (1793) ; Temm. Man. d'Orn. 

 i. p. 393 (1820) ; Brehm, Naturg. Eur. Vog. i. p. 135 (1823) ; 

 Roux, Orn. Prov. i. p. 95, pi. lix. (1825) ; Valenc. Diet. Sc. 

 Nat. xl. p. 169 (1826) ; Naum. Vog. Deutschl. v. p. 286, 

 pi. 133 (1826) ; Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 60 (1826) ; Wagl. 

 Syst. Av. Picus, sp. 33 (1827); Werner, Atlas, pi. 202 

 (1827) ; Griffith's ed. Cuv. Anim. Kingd. Birds, ii. p. 439 

 (1829) ; Less. Traite, i. p. 218 (1831) ; Menetr. Cat. Rais. 

 Cauc. p. 46, no. 132 (1832) ; Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2nd edit, 

 pt. 3, Suppl. i. p. 281 (1835) ; Gould, B. Eur. iii. pi. 227, ^ 

 ? ad. (1837); Schinz,Wirb. Schweiz, p. 92 (1837); Keys. & 

 Bias. Wirb. Eur. p. 147 (1840) ; Schleg. Rev. Crit. Ois. 

 d'Eur. p. xlix (1844) ; V. d. Miihle, Orn. Griechenl. p. 30 

 (1844) ; Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. p. 80, pi. 49, c? ? (1854- 

 58) ; Linderm. Vog. Griechenl. p. 41 (1860) ; Bree, B. Eur. 

 iii. p. 136, pi. d figd. (1862) ; Sundev. Consp. Av. Picin. 

 p. 61 (1866) ; Sabanaeff, Bull. Mosc. xlii. pt. 2, pp. 185-197 

 (1869) ; Elw. & Buck. Ibis, 1870, p. 188 ; David, Nouv. Arch, 

 du Mus. 1871, Bull. vii. p. 4; Mommsen, Griech. Jahresz. 

 pt. iii. p. 186 (1875) ; Giebel, Thes. Orn. iii. p. 147 (1876) ; 



