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Definition of Genus Picumnus

1. Noun. A genus of Picidae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Picumnus

Literary usage of Genus Picumnus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"Blyth (described and referred to P. nanus, Vigors, JAS XIV. 197). Inhabits ? Subfam. Genus PICUMNUS, Temminck. P. innominatus, Burton, PZS 1835, p. 154. ..."

2. North American Geology and Palæontology for the Use of Amateurs, Students by Samuel Almond Miller (1889)
"The genus Picumnus was established by Temminck, and included two groups, one with four toes, the other with three, the former of which was regarded by the ..."

3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1863)
"The genus Picumnus was established by Temminck, and included two groups, one with four toes, the other with three, the former of which was regarded by the ..."

4. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1895)
"Two genera are Indian. Key to the Genera. Toes 4; orbital region feathered PICUMNUS, p.. Toes 3; orbital region naked SASIA, p. 77. Genus PICUMNUS, Temminck ..."

5. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Asiatic Society of Bengal (1832)
"... tail feathers elongated beyond the rest, and the lateral feathers were shown to be altogether soft and flexible, like those of the genus Picumnus, Temm. ..."

6. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1886)
"... upper surface of tail green. Length, 3.80; wing, 1.50; tail, 1.25; tarsus, .50; bill, .55. HABITAT. Cuba. FAMILY PIGIONE. GENUS Picumnus TEMM. ..."

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