PLATE XXXVII. 



PICUS V I R I D I S. 



Green Woodpecker, 



P i c JE. 



Bill compreffed, convex. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill ftraitj ftrong, angular. Noftrils covered with recumbent 

 briftles. Tongue very long, ilender, armed with a fharp bony point. 

 Two fore and two hind claws. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



CroWn crimfon. Back green. Rump yellow, beneath pale greem 

 Legs and feet greenifh, inclining to lead colour. 

 Picus Viridis. P. viridis, vertice coccineo. Fn. Suec. 8o» 



Linn. Syji. Nat. 

 Gefn. av. 710. Scop. Ann. I. p. 47. N° 52, 

 Brun. N° 39. Sepp. Fog. pi. in. p. 43. 

 Rali Syn. />. 42. A. 

 Pico Verde. Aldu av. I. 416. 



G Green 



