GECININ^. 
Celeus Boie* 
Bill moderate and strong, with the base broad, the culmen slightly curved ; the sides compressed 
towards the tip, which is acute ; the lateral ridge running along near the culmen to the tip, and the 
gonys moderate, ascending, and angulous ; the nostrils basal, lateral, oval, and exposed. Wings long 
and rounded, Avith the fifth quill the longest. Tail long and graduated, -with the ends of the feathers 
pointed and rigid. Tarsi short, and covered with broad scales. Toes moderate and unequal, with the 
outer pair longest, and the anterior toe longer than the posterior one ; the claws large, curved, and 
acute. 
The species which form this genus are found in the vast forests of the warmer part? of America. 
1. C. fat^e-tcens ( GmeL) Boie, Spix, Av. Bras. t. 4-9. 
2. C. cinnamomeus (Gmel.) PI. enl. 524. 
3. C. citriiius (Bodd.) PI. enl. oOp. — Picus exalbus Gmel. ; P. 
flavicans Lath. 
4. C. rufus (Gmel.) PI. enl. 694. f. 1. 
5. C. undatus (Linn.) Edwards's Birds, pi. 332. 
6. C. tumana (Spix), Av. Bras. t. 47- 
7. C. torquatiis (Bodd.) PI. enl. 863. — Picus multicolor Chnel. ; 
P. scutatus JFagl. ; P. thoracicus Less. 
8. C. ochraceus (Spix), Av. Bras. t. 51. f. 1. 
9. C. badioides (Less.) Cent. t. 14. 
Chrysoptilus Szvain.<i.f 
Bill long and strong ; the base broad and rather depressed, mth the culmen slightly curved, and the 
sides compressed towards the tip, which is acute ; the lateral ridge running near the culmen towards 
the tip, and the gonys short and ascending ; the nostrils basal, lateral, and covered by the projecting 
plumes. Wings long and pointed, with the third, fourth, and fifth quills nearly equal and longest. Tail 
long and graduated, with the ends of the feathers pointed and rigid. Jarsi short, and covered in front 
with broad scales. Toes long and unequal, the outer pair longest and equal in length ; the claws large, 
curved, and compressed. 
It is in the tropical portions of America that the species which compose this genus are found. 
1. C. punctigula (Bodd.) — Picus cayanensis Gmel. PI. enl. 6l3. 
2. C. campestris (Licht.) Swains. Spix, Av. Bras. t. 46. 
3. C. guttatus (Spix), Swains. Spix, Av. Bras. t. 53. f. 1. 
4. C. melanochloris (Gmel.) PI. enl. 71. M Picus cristatus Vieill. 
Azara, No. 252. ; B. Buffonii Temm. Si Kuhl. 
Brachypternus Sfric/d.X 
Bill long and strong, with the base broad ; the culmen slightly curved, and the sides compressed 
towards the tip, Avhich is acute ; the lateral ridge obsolete, and the goiiys long, ascending, and angulous ; 
* Established by ]\L Boie in 1831 (Isis, p. 542.). Malacolophus of Mr. Swainson (1831) is coequal. 
"I" Mr. Swainson established this genus in 1831 {Fauna Boreali Americana, p. 300.). 
X Established by .Mr. Strickland in 1841 {Proc. Zool. Soc. 1841, p. 31. ;i. 
