Birds of Paraguay. 533 



Xiphocolapt.es major Berlepscli, J. f. O. 1887, pp. 15, 119 

 (Lambare) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xr. p. 145 (1890) ; 

 Kerr, Ibis, 1892, p. 133 (Rio Pilcomayo) ; Ihering, Revista 

 Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 329 (Paraguay). 



a. $ ad. Sapucay, November 14, 1902. 



b. S ad. „ May 5, 1903. 



c. ? ad. „ January 16, 1904. 



d. S ad. „ July 2, 1904. 



Bill grey, blackish at point; tarsi and feet greenish; iris 

 brown. 



e. ? ad. Sapucay, August 17, 1904. 



A clutch of three eggs, pure white, measure : axis 1*4 

 inch ; diameter 1*05. 



[This species is fairly common through the central parts 

 of the country where there is heavy timber. — W. F.~\ 



107. PlCOLAPTES FUSCUS APOTHETUS. 



Dendrocolaptes fuscus Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat xxv. 

 p. 117 (1818: Brazil). 



Picolaptes tenuirostris Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xv. 

 p. 151. 



Picolaptes tenuirostris apothetus Oberholser, Proc. Biol. 

 Soc. Washington, xiv. p. 188 (1901 : Sapucay) ; Ihering, 

 Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 329 (Paraguay). 



Picolaptes koeniswaldianus Bertoni, Aves Nuev. Paraguay, 

 p. 73. 



Picolaptes fuscus Menegaux & Hellm., Mem. Soc. d'Hist. 

 Nat. d'Autun, xix. p. 113 (1906). 



a. <J ad. Sapucay, April 21, 1903. 



Bill black above, pinkish white below; tarsi and feet 

 bluish slate-coloured ; iris brown. 



b-e. (J; /. ? ad. Sapucay, July 3-8, 1903. 



These examples are slightly smaller than specimens from 

 Brazil, as will be seen by the following dimensions : average 

 measurements of Paraguayan birds : wing 2 - 9-3*0 inches, 

 tail 2-3-2-65, culmen l'05-l'l; Brazilian birds: wing 

 3-15-3-5 inches, tail 2-55-2*95, culmen T05-1-2. 



