GREEN WOODPECKER. 
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the second and third with a still less proportion 
of white ; under parts grayish white ; centre of 
the feathers brownish black on the flanks and 
sides of the breast. In the female the crown is 
yellowish white. 
From the Black and White Woodpeckers we 
pass to a form less truly arboreal, alighting 
frequently on the ground, and representing 
apparently the genus Colaptes of other countries. 
It has been designated Brachylophus, and may 
be now characterized. 
Brachylophus, Swains. — Generic characters. 
— Bill slightly curving, lateral ridge near 
the culmen, depressed and widening at the 
base ; neck thick ; feet with the versatile 
and anterior toes nearly equal ; tarsi short. 
Types. — B. viridis. 
Note. — Europe, alpine India. 
THE GREEN WOODPECKER. 
Brachylophus viridis Swainson. 
PLATE XXI. 
Picus viridis, Linn — Brachylophus viridis, Swain. — 
The Green Woodpecker of British authors. 
This species is perhaps in England the most 
common of our native Woodpeckers ; but we 
