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MANILLA GIIEEN WOODPECKER. 



(Picus manillensis.) 



P. sordideiviridis, vertice grisea maculate, tectricibus caudct su- 

 perioribus rubris, remigibus rectricibusque nigricantibus. 



Dull-green Woodpecker, with the crown grey spotted, upper 

 tail-coverts red, quills and tail-feathers blackish. 



Picus manillensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 434-. Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 1. 236. 31. 



Le Pic verd de Pisle de Lu9on. Son. Voy. 73. 36. 



Manilla Green Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 583. 28, 



ABOUT eleven inches in length : beak blackish : 

 top of the head spotted with grey : prevailing co- 

 lour of the body dirty green : quilk and tail black: 

 the upper coverts of the latter bright red : legs 

 blackish : said by Sonnerat to inhabit Luzonia. 



