RED-CRESTED WOODPECKER iy 
but elsewhere on the Pampas we did not observe 
them.” 
There are altogether close on fifty species of 
Goatsuckers in South America; of these, six are 
found in Argentina. I only knew two; the one here 
described and the small species Antrostomus parvulus, 
which is rare in Buenos Ayres. 
RED-CRESTED WOODPECKER 
Chrysoptilus cristatus 
Above black barred with white; rump white with black spots ; 
top of head black, nape scarlet; sides of head white, bordered with 
black; beneath white, yellowish on the neck, covered with round 
black spots; throat white striped with black; tail black, lateral 
rectrices slightly barred with yellow; length 10.5 inches. Female 
similar. 
SouTH and Central America has not fewer than 120 
species of Woodpeckers; in Argentina there are 
only thirteen species. known, and most of these are 
confined to the northern and forest districts. Five 
species range as far south as Buenos Ayres ; of these 
I was acquainted with the following four. 
The Red-crested Woodpecker ranges as far south 
as the vicinity of Buenos Ayres, and is not uncommon 
there in the few localities which possess wild forests. 
It is the handsomest of our Woodpeckers, having 
brighter tints than its congener of the plains, Colaptes 
