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the second and third with a still less proportion 

 of white ; under parts grayish white ; centre of 

 the feathers brownish black on the flanks and 

 sides of the breast. In the female the crown is 

 yellowish white. 



From the Black and White Woodpeckers we 

 pass to a form less truly arboreal, alighting 

 frequently on the ground, and representing 

 apparently the genus Colaptes of other countries. 

 It has been designated Brachylophus, and may 

 be now characterized. 



BRACK YLOPHUS, Swains. Generic characters. 

 Bill slightly curving, lateral ridge near 

 the culmen, depressed and widening at the 

 base ; neck thick ; feet with the versatile 

 and anterior toes nearly equal ; tarsi short. 



Types. B. viridis. 



Note. Europe, alpine India. 



THE GREEN WOODPECKER. 



Brachylophus viridis SWAINSON. 

 PLATE XXI. 



Picus viridis, Linn. Brachylophus viridis, Swain. 

 The Green Woodpecker of British authors. 



THIS species is perhaps in England the most 

 common of our native Woodpeckers ; but we 



