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heads of this and of the next species pass easily through the 

 neck when they are being skinned. 



444. Melanerpes pulcher Scl. 



Five males and two females from Santo Domingo and near 

 Gualea. At the former locality they were rather numerous, 

 and all those which we shot w^ere eating ripe bananas. I 

 have observed them feeding together with Procnias tersa, 

 Col/iste icterocepliala and C. aurulenta, Chlorophanes atri- 

 capilla, and Cassidix oryzivoru. In a wild state C. oryzivora 

 does not appear to l)e evilly disposed to smaller birds, which 

 is more than can be said of it in captivity. 



445. Hypoxanthus rivolii (Boiss.). 



Four males and three females from near Quito. I believe 

 that this is the only species of Woodpecker found near that 

 town. All our examples were shot at the little village of 

 Guapalo, in a deep "quebrada" leading into the Chillo 

 Valley, and only twenty minutes ride from Quito. 



446. Celeus citreopygius Scl. & Salv. 



Two males and a female from the Coca, Rio Napo. Shot 

 on the large ants' nests so common on the trunks of forest 

 trees. This Woodpecker has a remarkably strong odour, 

 which the dried skins still partially retain. When first shot 

 its smell was so strong that it made the hut almost un- 

 bearable. With care, the skull of this species will pass 

 through the neck when it is being skinned. 



Fam. MoMOTiDiE. 



447. MOMOTUS SUBRUFESCENS (Scl.), 



A male and three females from the Coca, Rio Napo. 

 Fairly numerous on the edges of the forest around the 

 Indians' clearings. They sit so motionless and fiat on the 

 branches that they may be easily overlooked. 



448. Urospatha martii (Spix). 



Three males and a female, also from the Coca, where this 

 species was rather more plentiful than the preceding. It 

 appears to feed largely on grasshoppers and similar insects. 



