. Catalogue of the specimens illustrating the osteology of vertebrated animals, recent and extinct, contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. :. l;-}! E. Maxillo-palatines small, not fused together. F. Manubrial process of the sternum bifurcate. G. Femoro-cauJal and semitendinosus muscles present; and accessory femoro-caudal absent. PL Tongue very long, worm-like, provided with a horny, barlx'.l tip, capable of great protrusion, tlie hyoid cornua (extending backwards over the skull (excejit in S/>^>f/i'opicns and XenZ plcus).. Ventral view of
. Catalogue of the specimens illustrating the osteology of vertebrated animals, recent and extinct, contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. :. l;-}! E. Maxillo-palatines small, not fused together. F. Manubrial process of the sternum bifurcate. G. Femoro-cauJal and semitendinosus muscles present; and accessory femoro-caudal absent. PL Tongue very long, worm-like, provided with a horny, barlx'.l tip, capable of great protrusion, tlie hyoid cornua (extending backwards over the skull (excejit in S/>^>f/i'opicns and XenZ plcus).. Ventral view of skull of Picus major (enlarged), to show split vomer. Letters as before. âMany of the above details, which supplement Mr. See- bohm's diagnosis for the family, are derived from U\\ Hargitt's volume on the Woodpeckers (Cat. B, Brit. Mus. xviii.) Henus GECINUS. Boie, Isis. is;il, p. o4i?. Gecinus viridis. Picus viridis, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 175 (1766). Gecinus viridis, Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 37 (ISyO). The Green Woodpecker. J fab. Greater part of Europe to Asia Minor and Persia. 556. Skeleton. From Bremen. 0. (â . 14(J9c. Preseided In/ [)r. Otfo Finsrh, , k2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sharpe, Richard Bowdler, 1847-1909. London
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