CHRYSOCOLAPTES. 
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Synon.: Chalcites Less. — Lampromorpha Vig. — Lampiomorphus Agass. — Chryso- 
coccys Desm. 
auratus Jakdine, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1842. XI. 187. — Cuculus auratus Lath. 
auratus Rüppell, Uebers. Vögel NO. Afr. 96. = Cuculus chrysochlorus. 
auratus Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium I. 105. = Cuculus auratus Gmel. 
basalis Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc, Bengal 1846. XV. 54. — Cuculus basalts 
HOKSF. 
chalcites Blyth, Catal. Birds as. Soc. 73. = Cuculus smaragdinus. 
chalcites Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium I. 106. = Cuculus basalis Horsf. 
Clasii Rüppell, Syst. Uebers. Vögel NO. Afr. 96. = Cuculus Klaasi Vieill. 
cupreus Rüppell, Syst. Uebers. Vögel NO. Afr. 96. = Cuculus smaragdinus. 
cupreus Blyth, Catal. Birds as. Soc. 73. = Cuculus auratus Gmel. 
cupreus Gray, List Genera Birds 73.' = Cuculus cupreus Lath. 
Hodgsoni Horsfield et Moore, Catal. Birds EInd. Comp. II. 705. = Cuculus 
smaragdinus. 
intermedius Verreaux. Hartlaub, Syst. Ornith. W. Afr. 191. — Cuculus 
intermedius. 
lucidus Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1844. XIII. 390. = Cucidus sma- 
ragdinus. 
lucidus Gould, Birds Australia IV. Tb. 89. — Cuculus lucidus Gmel. 
lucidus ScLATER, Transact. Linn. Soc. 1857. 166. = Cuculus poecilurus. 
malayanus Horsfield et Moore, Cat. Birds EInd. Comp. II. 706. — Cuculus 
basalis Horsf. 
minutillus Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1859. XXVII. 128. = Cuculus minu- 
tillus. 
osculans Gould, Introd. Birds Australia 67. — Cuculus palliolatus Lath. 
plagosus Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium I. 106. ~ Cucidus smaragdinus. 
poecilurus Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1861. XXIX. 431. Cuculus poecilurus. 
russata Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1868. XXXVL 76. — Cap York. 
Schom^urgki Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1864. XXXIL 73. — Siam. 
smaragdineus Hartlaub, Journ. Ornithol. 1854. II. 203. — Cuculus smarag- 
dineus. 
smaragdineus Bonaparte, Conspectus A\ium I. 105. = Cuculus intermedius. 
smaragdineus Horsfield et Moore, Cat. Birds EInd. Comp. II. 705. = Cu- 
culus cupreus Lath. 
splendidus Gray, Handlist Birds II. 218. — Cuculus cupreus Lath. 
xanthorhynchus Gray, Catal. Hodgs. Collect. 120. = Cuculus smaragdinus. 
santhorhynchus Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1843. XII. 245. — Cuculus 
xanthorhynchus Horsf. 
CHRYSOCOLAPTES (Picidae. — aureus, xoXaTTTVj^; scalpens) Blyth, Journ. 
asiat. Soc. Bengal 1843. XII. 1004. = Picus Lin. 
Synon.: Indopicus Malh. 
Bill as long as the head, broad at the base, the gonys of the lower man- 
dible lengthened and advancing upwards; the nostrils basal, lateral, oval and ex- 
posed. Wings long, with the third to the sixth quills the longest. Tail long 
rounded and very rigid. Tarsi as long as the outer anterior toe, robust and 
covered with transverse scales. Toes long, slender, the outer posterior toe longer 
..than the anterior outer one; the hind toe the length of the inner anterior one 
without the claw, moderate, the claws long, compressed and curved. 
aurantius Gray, Genera Birds III. App. 21. = Picus aurantius Bodd. 
baccha Reiciienbach, Handb. spec. Ornith. I. 399. = Picus sultaneus Hodgs. 
cardinalis Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium I. 122. = Picus guineensis Gray. 
ceylonus Cabanis, Mscr. = Picus carlotta Sund. 
Delesserti Bonaparte, Consp. Vol. Zygod. 10. = Picus sultaneus Hodgs. 
EUioti Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1844. XIII. 394. = Picu^ sultaneus 
Hodgs. 
festivus Gray, Genera Birds III. App. 21. = Picus festivus Bodd. 
