454 GECIKUS 



651. SHARPE'S GREEN WOODPECKER. 



GECINUS SHARPII. 



Gec'mus slmrpi!, Saunders, P.Z.S. 1872, p. 153 ; Dresser, v. p. 89, pi. 286 

 Hargitt, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xviii. \\ 40. 



Peto-verde. Peito amarilh, Portug. ; Pico verdc, Pet a real, Span. 



ad. Differs from G. viridis in having the lores, eyebrows, and face 

 slate-grey, with only a black spot on the loral region, the malar stripe 

 scarlet, and not bordered with black. Culinen T5, wing 6*3, tail 4'2, 

 tarsus I'l inch. The female has the malar stripe black, not scarlet, and 

 the young bird differs from that of G. viridis in having the sides of the 

 face grey. 



Hob. Portugal, and Spain south of the Guadarrama range. 



In habits, note, and nidification, this species does not differ 

 from G. viridis. 



652. ALGERIAN GREEN WOODPECKER. 

 GECINUS VAILLANTI. 



Gecinus raillanti (Malh.), Cat. rais. des Ois. d'Alg. Mem. dela Soc. d'Hist. 

 Nat. de Metz, p. 5 (1846) ; Dresser, v. p. 93, pi. 287 ; Hargitt, Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus. xviii. p. 41 ; G. algirus Levaill. jun., Expl. Sc. d'Alg6r. 

 Ois. pi. 8 (1848-49). 



Nakdb-el-tebak, Moorish ; N'tfkaib, Nagab-ed-Djour, Arabic. 



ad. (Algeria). Differs from G. viridis in having the face grey and 

 the malar stripe black, and from G. sharpiiin. having the malar stripe black, 

 an indication of a whitish stripe above the malar region, and a white spot 

 at the base of the upper mandible ; bill dark lead-grey, blackish at the 

 tip and yellowish on the basal third below ; legs dark grey ; iris white. 

 Culmen 1-6, wing 61, tail 4*05, tarsus I'l inch. The female has the crown 

 slate-grey, the feathers tipped with blackish grey, and the nape only 

 crimson. 



In habits, note, and nidification, it does not differ from 

 G. viridis. 



653. JAPANESE GREEN WOODPECKER. 

 GECINUS AWOKERA. 



Gecinus awokem (Temm.), PI. Col. iv. No. 25, pi. 585 (1826) ; (id. and 

 Schlegel), F. Jap. p. 72, pi. xxxvi. ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Br. Mug. xviii., 

 p. 41. 



Awokera, Jap. 



