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Donovan (Brit. Birds, vi. pi. 143, 1820) says one had then 

 been "lately shot in Scotland;" but there has been no 

 record since his time. It ranges from Scandinavia through- 

 out the northern Palsearctic Region, and also occurs in some 

 mountainous parts of Central Europe.] 



Genus GECINUS, Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 542. 



Gecinus = from yfi = the earth, and Ktvim = I shake. 



Gecinus viridis. Geeen Woodpecker. 



Picus viridis, Lmnaus, S. N. i. p. 175 (1766). 

 Picus viridis, Naum. v. p. 370 ; Macg. iii. p. 91 ; Hewitson, 



p. 239 j Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 137; id. ed. 3, ii. p. 143; 



Harting, p. 33. 

 Gecinus viridis. Gray, p. 115 ; Gould, iii. pis. 74, 75 ; Newton, 



ii. p. 457; Dresser, v. p. 77. 

 Green Woodpecker, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 132. 



Resident in England as far north as Northumberland, 

 being commoner in the southern than in the northern 

 counties ; but it has only occurred four times in Scotland, 

 and it has only twice been recorded from Ireland. It in- 

 habits the Western Palsearctic Region north of the Medi- 

 terranean and the Pyrenees. 



[Genus COLAPTES, Swainson, Zool. Journ. iii. p. 353 



(1827). 



Colaptes = KoXdjrrijs, a chisel ; KoXdirrw = I peck with the bill, used almost 

 always of birds. 



Colaptes auratus. Gozdmn-winqeb Woobpeczms. 



Picus auratus, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 174 (1766). 



Colaptes auratus. Gray, p. 116; Gould, Introd. p. xcviii. 

 Picus auratus. Hurting, p. 123. 



Auratus = gilded, from aurdre = to overlay with gold, aurum — from the 

 golden-yellow colour showing mider the wings and tail. 



