278 Mr. Charles Chubb on the 



[Resident and common throughout Paraguay. Lives ex- 

 clusively on open lauds and rarely or never enters the woods. 

 Its food consists entirely of small ground insects, burrowing 

 wasps, larvae of flies, &c. It much prefers the clinging to 

 the perching position, its favourite places being solitary 

 dead trees. 



This species is generally seen in pairs and often in small 

 flocks of from six to ten individuals. The flight is quick and 

 undulating, and its loud harsh cries can be heard a long 

 distance away. 



In Central Paraguay the nest is invariably in a hole of 

 one of the dead trees and never in the bank of a stream. 

 The eggs, five to seven in number, are white and highly 

 polished.— W. F.] 



65. Chloronerpes aurulentus. 



Carpintero verde dorado Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 318. no. eclvi., 

 male (1805). 



Carpintero dorado pardo Azara, t. c. p. 320. no. eclvii., 

 female. 



Picus auratus Vieill. (nee Linn.), N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 

 xxvi. p. 70 (1818), ex Azara, no. eclvii., female. 



Picas aurulentus Temm. PI. Col. iv. pi. 59. fig. 1 (1823 : 

 Paraguay and Brazil). 



Chloronerpes aurulentus Bcrlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 120 

 (Paraguay) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 79 ; 

 Ihering, Rcvista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 333. 



a. ? ad. Sapucay, April 3, 1903. 



Bill horn-coloured, lighter below ; feet olive-green ; iris 

 brown. Shot in monte. 



b. ? ad. Sapucay, June 6, 1904. 



Bill black, grey below ; tarsi and feet dry pea-green. 



c. ? ad. Sapucay, August 19, 1904. 



[This species is rare with us, and I know nothing about it. 

 It is to be met with only in the depths of the large forests. — 

 W.F.] 



