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GECINUS VIEIDIS. 



(GREEN WOODPECKER.) 



Pious viridis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 175 (1766). 



Gecinus viridis, Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 542. 



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



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



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



Brachylophus viridis, Swains. Classif. of B. ii. p. 308 (1837). 



Chloropicus viridis, Math. Monogr. Picid. i. p. 118, pi. lxxix. figs. 1-4 (1862). 



Green Woodpecker, English ; Pic vert, French ; Picchio verde, Italian ; Picazza ferru viridi, 

 Sicilian ; Grilnspecht, German ; De Groene Specht, Dutch ; Grcenspet, Skovkok, Danish ; 

 Gron Hackspett, Swedish ; Grcenspet, Norwegian ; Vihericitikka, Kdrki, Finnish ; Dyatell 

 zelenoi, Russian. 



Figurce notabiles. 



Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. v. pi. 132 ; Gould, B. of Eur. iii. pi. 226 ; Yarrell, Brit. B. ii. 

 p. 132; Malherbe, Monogr. Picid. iv. pi. lxxix. figs. 1-4; Bettoni, Ucc. nidif. Lomb. 

 tav. 65 ; Gould, B. of Gt. Brit, part iii. 



d supra viridis : pileo usque ad nucham posticam et vitta malari hete scarlatinis : loris, superciliis et regione 

 orbitali nigris : regione auriculari, colli lateribus et corpore subtus toto grisescenti-albido, hoc magis 

 flavicante : tectricibus alarum aurato-viridibus : remigibus saturate brunneis, extus aurato-viridi lavatis, 

 secundariis praesertim, remigibus omnibus pogonio interno albo transfasciatis, primariis extus maculis 

 parvis albidis notatis fascias transversales vix formantibus : dorso postico et uropygio laetissime aureis, 

 tectricibus supracaudalibus paullo viridi lavatis : cauda, brunnea, fulvescenti-brunneo irregulariter trans- 

 fasciata, et sub certa luce aurato-viridi nitente : subcaudalibus albidis, viridi irregulariter transnotatis : 

 subalaribus albidis brunneo transfasciatis : rostro plumbeo, ad apicem nigro, versus basin pallidiore : 

 pedibus saturate plumbeis : iride alba^ vix cserulescente. 



2 mari omnino similis, at vitta malari scarlatina absente. 



<S juv. ab adultis maxime differens : supra viridis, flavido translavatus, et maculis parvis albidis adspersus : 

 pileo griseo, scarlatino punctulato : superciliis nigris albido striolatis : vitta malari nigra albido macu- 

 lata, : subtus albescens, abdomine flavicante, ubique nigricanti-brunneo squamato : iride cinerascente. 



$ juv. similis praecedenti, sed pallidior et pileo magis aurantiaco mixto. 



Adult Male. Above green ; lower part of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts brilliant yellow, the latter 

 tinged with greenish ; crown of the head, extending backwards to the hinder part of the nape, brilliant 

 scarlet ; lores, eyebrows, and the region round the eye black ; a broad malar stripe scarlet ; hinder 

 part of the ear-coverts, sides of the neck, and under surface of the body greyish white, inclining to 



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