GECININtE. 
the nostrils basal, lateral, and exposed. Wings long and pointed, with the fourth quill the longest. 
Tail long and graduated, with the ends of the feathers pointed and rigid. Tarsi short, and covered in 
front with broad scales. Toes long and unequal, with the outer anterior toe longer than the posterior 
one, the inner posterior toe rudimental ; the claws long, compressed, and acute. 
These birds are found in India and its isles. 
1. B. aurantius (Linn.) Edwards’s Birds, pi. 182., Pi. enl. 995. | 2. B. erythronotus (Vieill.) N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xxvii. p. 73. — 
Picus bengalensis Gmel. ; P. nuehalis Wagl. ; P. liemipodiu s Picus neglectus Wagl. 
Swains. ; P. psarodes Licht. 
Tiga Kaup .* 
Bill long and strong, with the culmen slightly curved, and the sides compressed towards the tip ; the 
lateral ridge slightly apparent, running near the culmen towards the tip, and the gonys moderate, 
ascending, and angulous ; the nostrils basal, lateral, and exposed. Wings long and pointed, with the 
fourth and fifth nearly equal and longest. Tail long and graduated, 'with the ends of the feathers 
pointed and rigid. Tarsi short, and covered in front with broad scales. Toes long and unequal, with 
the anterior outer toe rather longer than the posterior outer one, the inner posterior toe entirely 
wanting ; the claws large, compressed, and acute. 
It was in the Island of J ava that the typical species of this genus was found ; but species have since been ascertained 
to extend to the continent of India, 
1. T. tridactyla (Swains.) — Picus tiga Horsf. Linn. Trans, xiii. 
p. 177-, Gray, lllustr. Ind. Zool. pi. 30. f. 2. 
2. T. Rafflesii (Vigors), App. Mem. Raffl. p. 669. 
3. T. Grantia (M'Clell.) Proc. Z. S. 1839. 165. 
4. T. Shovel (Vigors), Proc. Z. S. 1831. p. 175., Gould, Cent, of 
B. pi. 49. 
5. T. amictus (Gray). 
Established by Dr. Kaup in 1836. It is coequal with Chrysonotus of Mr. Swainson (1837). 
July, 1846'. 
