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Yarr. Brit. B. ii. p. 457 (1881) ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. 

 p. 389, uo. 1906 (1882); Seeb. Ibis, 1883, p. 2.2; Irby, t. c. 

 p. 179; Radde, Orn. Cauc. p. 304 (1884); Clarke, Ibis, 

 1884, p. 144; Saiind. t. c. p. 379; Seeb. Hist. Brit. B. 

 ii. p. 364, pi. xviii. (1881) ; Gigl. Avif. Ital. p. 205 (1886) ; 

 Salvad. Ucc. Ital. p. 67 (1887); Backhouse, Ibis, 1887, 

 p. 72. 



Gecinus pinetoruin, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 197 (1831). 



Gecinus frondiam, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 197 (1831). 



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



Malacolophus viridis, Swaius. Classif. B. ii. p. 308 (1837). 



Brachylophus viridis, Jard. Nat. Libr. x. p. 355 (1839). 



Picus karelini, Bi'andt, Bull. Sc. Acad. Imp. St. Petersb. 

 ix. p. 12 (1842). 



Gecinus karelini, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 438 (1846) ; Bp. 

 Cousp. Gen. Av. i. p. 126 (1850) ; id. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. 

 J). 10 (1854) ; Reichenb. Handb. Scaus. Picinae, p. 349, 

 no. 795 (1854) ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 74 (1868) ; 

 id. Hand-1. B. ii. p. 191, no. 8678 (1870). 



Chloropicos viridis, Malh. N. Classif., Mem. Acad. Metz, 

 1848-49, p. 351. 



Chloropicus viridis, Malh. Monogr. Picid. ii. p. 118, 

 pi. Ixxix. figs. 1-4 (1862). 



Chloropicus karelini, Malh. Monogr, Picid. ii. p. 126 

 (1862). 



Gecinus saundersi, Tacz. J. f. O. 1878, p. 349. 



Adult male. Above uniform vivid green ; wing-coverts 

 uniform green, slightly darker than the back; bastard-wing 

 and primary-coverts black, edged externally with green and 

 spotted with greyish, having a barred appearance; primaries 

 black, ed^ed externally with green, and having numerous 

 patches of white on the outer webs, the inner having their 

 basal half spotted with white; outer webs of secondaries 

 green, with traces of whitish spots ; inner webs black, deeply 

 notched or barred with white, the tips washed with green ; 

 shafts black ; rump bright chrome-yellow ; tail-coverts green, 

 edged with bright chrome-yellow; tail black, edged with 

 green at the base and barred with light brownish grey ; dwarf 



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