280 Mr. Charles Chubb on the 



Picus duminicanus Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvi. p. 72 

 (1818). 



Leuconerpes candidus Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 21 

 (Lambare) . 



Melanerpes candidus Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. 

 p. 148; Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 333. 



a. £ ad. Ybytimi, February 6, 1904. 



b. <$ ad. Sapucay, March 22, 1904. 



Bill horn-coloured above, slaty below ; tarsi and feet pea- 

 green ; iris white. 



[This peculiar Woodpecker appears at very long intervals 

 at Sapucay, and always in flocks of from ten to fifteen 

 individuals, never alone. It has the reputation of living 

 principally upon bees and wasps, and breaking open the 

 nests, built in the trees, to get at the larvae — its gregarious 

 habits somewbat bearing out this statement. I met with 

 it during the month of January in a small wood some six 

 miles from Asuncion and have seen it in different months 

 of the year at Sapucay, but in the southern parts of the 

 Republic I never saw one. — W. F.~\ 



C8. Melanerpes flavifrons. 



Carpintero vientre roxo Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 316, no. eclv. 

 (1805). 



Picus flavifrons Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvi. p. 75 

 (1818: Brazil). 



Melanerpes flavifrons Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 120 

 (Paraguay) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 161 ; 

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



a. £ ad. Sapucay, November 29, 1902. 



b. <J ad. „ May 30, 1903. 



Bill horn-coloured above, slate-coloured below ; tarsi and 

 feet greenish slate-coloured ; iris warm brown. 



c. J 1 imm. Sapucay, March 22, 1904. 



d. ? ad. „ April 25, 1904. 



e. $ ad. „ May 8, 1904. 

 /. c? ad. „ June 5, 1904. 



g. ? ad. „ August 25, 1904. 



