Picumnus
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This creeper was, with another Climacteris Picumnus, common in the pine forests and on the open box-tree flats all over the interior.
From Expedition into Central Australia by Sturt, Charles
Latin legend represented her as landing on the coast of Latium and marrying Pilumnus or Picumnus, from whom Turnus, king of the Rutulians, was descended.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
Picumnus and Pilumnus were two household divinities of the Romans, who were the special presiding deities of new-born infants.
From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Berens, E.M.
Immediately a sacred meal was offered to the two field-deities, Picumnus and Pilumnus, and then the Roman turned his attention to the practical danger of fever for the mother and child.
From The Religion of Ancient Rome by Bailey, Cyril
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