Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus Geciaus. 17 



Fuglef. p. 314 (1881) ; Blakist. & Pryer, Trans. As. Soc. Jap. 

 1882, p. 136; Seeb. Ibis, 188.2, p. 373; Salv. Cat. Strickl. 

 Coll. p. 390, no. 1907 (1882); Seeb. Ibis, 1883, p. 23; 

 Radde, Orn. Cauc. p. 307 (1884) ; Gigl. Avif. Ital. p. 206 

 (1886) ; Salvad. Ucc. Ital. p. 67 (1887). 



Le Pie vert a tete grise, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 60 (1826) ; 

 Valenc. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. p. 169 (1826). 



Colaptes canus, Bvehm, Isis, 1828, p. 1274. 



Colaptes viridicanus, Brehm, Isis, 1828, p. 1274. 



Colaptes caniceps, Brehm, Isis, 1828, p. 1274, 



Gecinus viridicanus, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 199 (1831). 



Gecinus caniceps, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 201 (1831). 



Malacolophus canus. Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 308 (1837). 



Chloropicus canus, Malh. Monogr. Picid. ii. pp. 124, 294, 

 pi. Ixxxi. figs. 1, 2 (1862). 



Picas canus jessoensis, Stejneger, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 1886, p. 106. 



Picas canus perpallidus, Stejneger, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 1886, p. 107 (footnote) . 



Adult male. Above, including scapulars, uniform bright 

 green; wing-coverts uniform and of a browner shade o£ 

 green ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts dusky, spotted with 

 greyish and having a barred appearance ; quills dusky black, 

 the outer webs of the primaries margined at their base with 

 green, and diagonally barred with whitish ; those of the 

 secondaries partially or entirely green, very faintly barred 

 with a darker shade and having indistinct greyish spots ; the 

 inner webs of all deeply notched with pure white; shafts 

 black ; rump and upper tail-coverts green, the feathers tipped 

 with chrome-yellow, this colour being very conspicuous on 

 the rump ; tail brownish dusky, the feathers more or less 

 margined at the base with green ; the central pair rather 

 lighter, and having faint greyish spots along both webs near 

 the shafts ; dwarf feather greenish at the tip ; shafts dusky 

 brown, with black tips ; nasal plumes black, grey at the 

 base ; lores intense black ; at the base of the upper mandible 

 a narrow band of grey ; forehead and fore part of the crown 

 bright crimson, narrowing towards the centre of the latter, 



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