Birds of Paraguay. 281 



[This species is not uncommon in the large forests of 

 Central Paraguay. The Woodpeckers differ so slightly in their 

 habits that there is but little to say about them, unless their 

 nests are found. They are among the early breeders; I 

 found one nestling able to fly and in fairly advanced 

 plumage on the 5th of November, 1901. — W. F.~\ 



69. Veniliornis olivinus. 



Picus olivinus Malh. Mem. Soc. Roy. Sc. Liege, 1845, 

 p. 67. 



Cldoronerpes olivinus Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, pp. 20, 120 

 (Lam hare). 



Dendrobates olivinus Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit Mus. xviii. 

 p. 356; Kerr, Ibis, 1892, p. 136 (Fortin Nueve). 



Veniliornis olivinus Sharpe, Hand-list B. ii. p. 222 (1900) ; 

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



a. <J ad. Sapucay, October 29, 1902. 



b. $ ad. „ March 28, 1903. 



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

 feet dark slate-coloured ; iris brown. 



c. ? ad. Sapucay, April 21, 1904. 



d. S ad. „ May 5, 1904. 



e. ? ad. „ June 8, 1904. 

 f,g,S;h. ? ad. Sapucay, July 2, 26, 1904. 

 i, k. $ ad. Sapucay, September 3, 7, 1904. 



70. Veniliornis spilogaster. 



Picus spilogaster Wagl. Syst. Av., Picus, sp. 59, p. 33 

 (1827 : Brazil and Paraguay). 



Dendrobates spilogaster Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. 

 p. 358. 



Veniliornis spilogaster Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 222 (1900) ; 

 Oberh. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 128 (1902: Sapucay). 



a, b. ? ad. Sapucay, April 5, 20, 1903. 



Bill black above, whitish grey below ; feet slate-coloured ; 

 iris brown. 



c. S imm. Sapucay, March 12, 1904. 



d, e. 6 ? ad. „ May 2, 4, 1904. 

 /. ? ad. „ June 24, 1904. 



