G.KOPHAPS. — GEOSITTA. 251 
GEOPHAPS (Columbidae. — yvj terra, çaijj columba) Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 
1842. X. 19. — Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium II. 87. — Phaps Selby. 
Rostrum brevissimum, robustum; orbitae nudae; pedes longiculi, tarso digitis 
breviore, digitorum interno omnium longissimo; alae brevissimae, rotundatae, ter- 
tiariis elongatis, apice dilatatis. 
plumifera Gould, Birds Australia V. Tb. 69. = Phaps plumifera. 
scripta Gould, Birds Australia V. Tb. 67. = Phaps scripta. 
Smithi Gould, Birds Australia V. Tb. 68. = Phaps Smithi. 
GEOPHILTJS (Columbidae. — pr) terra, (piket) amare) Selby, Gallinac. Birds. 
Pigeons 1835. 214. 
Their tarsi are long and covered with hexagonal scales; their tail short and 
rather pendant, their wings concave, short and rounded, and their body as com- 
pared with the typical pigeons, thick and heavy. 
carunculatus Selby, Gallin. Birds Pigeons 218. Tb. 28. — Columba livia Lin. 
cyanocephalus Selby, Gallin. Birds Pigeons 216. Tb. 27. — Geotrygon cyano- 
cephala. 
nicobaricus Selby, Gallin. Birds Pigeons 221. Tb. 29. = Caloenas nicobarica 
Gray. 
GEOPICUS (Picidae. — yvj terra, Picus nom. propr.). — Malherbe, Mém. acad. 
Metz 1849. 358; Monogr. Picid. 1862. H. 251. = Pious Lin. 
Quatre doigts; l'antérieur externe le plus long; pas de huppe; bec large à 
la base, long, effilé dans le surplus, courbe au dessus. Les maies se distinguent 
par une moustache généralement de couleur rouge. Les tiges de rémiges sont 
jaunes ou rouge-orangé en dessous et en dessus. Celles de rectrices le sont aussi 
quelquefois et parfois aussi les tiges noires offrent du jaune sur les latérales ou 
à la base seulement. Le corps est généralement rayé transversalement en dessous 
ou moucheté. 
agricola Malherbe, Monogr. Picid. II. 254. = Picus agricola Sundev. 
arator Malherbe, Monogr. Picid. II. 274. == Picus arator Cuv. 
auratus Malherbe, Monogr. Picid. II. 256. — Picus auratus Lin. 
ayresi Malherbe, Monogr. Picid. II. 260. — Picus auratomexicanus Sundev. 
campestris Malherbe, Monogr. Picid. II. 2-51. — Picus campestris Yieill. 
campestroides Malherbe, Revue Mag. Zool. 1849. 541. = Picus agricola 
Sundev. 
chilensis Malherbe, Monogr. Picid. II. 269. == Picus chilensis Garnot. 
chrysoides Malherbe, Revue Mag. Zool. 1852. 553. = Picus auratomexica- 
nus Sundev. 
chrysoides Malherbe, Monogr. Picid. II. 261. — Picus chrysoides Sundev. 
Fernandinae Malherbe, Monogr. Picid. II. 273. = Picus Fernandi Sundev. 
mexicanoides Malherbe, Mém. acad. Metz 1849. 359. = Picus submexicanus 
Sundev. 
mexicanus Malherbe, Monogr. Picid. II. 262. = Picus mexicanus Audub. 
Rivolii Malherbe, Monogr. Picid. II. 267. — Picus Eivolii Briss. 
rubicatus Malherbe, Monogr. Picid. II. 265. = Picus submexicanus Sundev. 
rupicola Malherbe, Monogr. Picid. II. 271. = Picus rupicola Sundev. 
GEOPSITTACUS occidentalis Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1861. 100. = Pezo- 
porus occidentalis Finsch. 
CjJEOSITTA (Furnariinae. — "p) terra, Gvcvt\ nom. propr.) Swainson, Classif. 
Birds 1837. II. 317. 
Synon.: Geocitta Sclat. — Geobates Swains. — Euthyonyx Reichb. — Geobamon Cab. 
Bill longer than the head, trigonal at the base, cylindrical beyond. Culmen 
rounded. The tip of the upper mandible entire, broader than high and slightly 
bent over the lower. Wings long, pointed; the first quill nearly equal to the 
second and third, which are longest; tertials lengthened. Tail slightly forked. 
Feet slender. Anterior toes rather short; the lateral ones unequal, the claws small; 
hind toe as long as the middle toe, but shorter than the tarsus; the claw much 
lengthened and slightly curved. — 9 Specc. 
