PIOID^. PICIAN-E. 
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Hemilophus, Sw. Size large. Neck long and slender. 
Lateral ridge prominent and close to the culmen, 
which is very sharp and slightly arched. Gonys 
hardly half the length of the under mandible. Ante- 
terior toe much longer than the versatile one. Hind 
head with a short compact crest. Wings and tail 
long, India only. Typical. 
P, pulverulcntus. PI. Col. 389- 
Malacolaphus, Sw. Neck slender. Head with a length- 
ened crest of soft, loose, long feathers. Nostrils naked ; 
the aperture oval. Bill broad at the base, much com- 
pressed beyond. Culmen curved, and very sharp. 
Lateral ridge (typically) wanting. Anterior toe longer 
than the versatile toe. Tropical America only. Sub- 
typical. 
M. cinnamomeus. PI.E.524. flavicans. PI. E. 539. 
castaneus. Spix, i. pi. 47. fluvescens. Spix, i. pi. 49. 
ocbraceus. Ib. 51. f. I. undatus. Edw. pi. 332. 
Meiglyptes, Sw. Bill thick and broad at the base, as 
in Melanerpes. Culmen considerably arched ; the sides 
much rounded, and somewhat cylindrical. Lateral 
ridge wanting. Wings long. Versatile and anterior 
toes equal. Tarsus slightly shorter. India. Fissiros- 
tral. 
P. poicilopbus. PI. Col. 197. f. 1. 
Chrysonotus, -9,w. Bill as m Brachyhplms ; but the 
sides compressed, and the lateral ridge entirely want- 
ing. Feet with only three toes, India only. GraUa- 
torial : representing Apternus. 
C. tridactylus. Lin. Tr. xiii. 177. (P. tiga Auct.) 
CoLAPTES, Sw. Tarsus lengthened, and equal to the ver- 
satile toe ; which latter is shorter than the anterior. 
Bill broader at its base than it is high ; the sides 
compressed : the culmen considerably curved from its 
base ; the lateral ridge either obsolete, or entirely 
wanting. Nostrils partially defended by feathers. 
Geocolaptes. Burchell, MSS. Bill as in Colaptes, 
* The connecting link to llcmUophuSy as having the lateral ridge of that 
group. 
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