GECININiE. 
Celeus Boie* 
BiU moderate and strong, with the base broad, the eulmen slightly curved ; the sides compressed 
towards the tin which is acute; the lateral ridge running along near the eulmen to the tip, and the 
’ r i nno-ulous • the nostrils basal, lateral, oval, and exposed. 11 mgs long 
gonys moderate, ascending, and an a ■ , , ., , j r + i „ feathers 
J -n „ i Tail lone and graduated, with the ends ot the leatners 
and rounded, with the fifth quill tl & i +q e 
pointed and rieid. Tarsi short, and covered with broad scales. Toes moderate and unequal, with the 
Ilrtair longest, and the anterior toe longer than the posterior one ; the Caws large, curved, and 
acute. 
c ,1 dip vast forests of the warmer parts of America. 
The species which form this genus are found m the vast 
1. C . flavescens ( Grncl.) Boie, Spix, Av. Bras. t. t(t. 
2. C. cinnamomeus (Gmel.) PI. enl. 524. 
3. C. citrinus (Botld.) PI. enl. 509- Picus exalbus Gmel., P. 
flavicans Latli. 
4. C. rufus (Gmel.) PI. enl. 6p4. f. 1. 
5. C. undatus (Linn.) Edwards’s Birds, pi. 332. 
6. C. tumana (Spix), Av. Bras. t. 47. 
7. C. torquatus (Bodd.) PI. enl. 863 . - Picus multicolor Gmel; 
P. scutatus I Vagi . ; P. thoracicus Less. 
8. C. ochraceus (Spix), Av. Bras. t. 51. f. 1. 
p. C. badioides (Less.) Cent. t. 14. 
Chrysoptilus Swains . f 
■Bill long and strong; the base broad and rather depressed, wi«i the cuhnen « emwed, and the 
sides compressed towards the tip, which is acute; the lateral ndg 
the tip, and the gonys short and ascending ; the nostn s ^ , and longest . Tail 
plumes. Wings long and pointed, with the third, fourth, and fifth . quills 1 
Lg and graduated, with the ends of the feathers pointed and rigid. Tars, hort, and cove 
Witt broad scales. I*. long and unequal, the outer pair longest and equal in length , the claws large, 
curved, and compressed. 
It in the tropical portion, of America that the specie, which compose thi, genu, are found. 
1. C. pnnatigula (Bodd.) - Picus cayanensis Gmel. PL enl. 613. 
2. C. campestris (Licht.) Swains. Spix, Av. Bras, t . 
3. C. guttatus (Spix), Swains. Spix, Av. Bras. t. 53. f. . 
4. C. melanoehloris (Gmel.) PI. enl. 719- Picus cristatus VieiU. 
Azara, No. 252. ; B. Buffonii Temm. A Kuhl. 
Brachypternus Stricid .% 
A 1th the base broad ; the eulmen slightly curved, and the sides compressed 
B,U long and strong, t „ d the g0 „ ya long, ascending, and angnlous ; 
towards the tip, which is acute , the iateiai * 
„ . . iQQi (Trig n 542.). Malacolophus of Mr. Swainson (1831) is coequal. 
* Established by M. Boie in 18. ( > 1- ,p una Boreali Americana, p. 300.). 
t Mr. Swainson established this genus in ^ 1841, p. 31.). 
+ Established by Mr. Strickland in 18 H (rroc. 
