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Family Galbulidae: Jacamars 



Galbiila riificauda ruficauda Cuvier 



Galbula ruficauda Cuvier, Rfegne animal, vol. 1, 1817, p. 420 ("La Guyane"; 

 Cayenne) . 



This jacamar, a specimen of which was included in our earlier 

 report, has a decided preference for the deeper woods, especially 

 gullies and river bank areas. However, its distribution during the 

 nesting season shows that then the need for approximately perpendic- 

 ular banks becomes great; these need be no higher than from 3 to 

 6 feet. No nesting holes were ever seen in higher banks (from 10 to 

 20 feet) frequented by kingfishers. On April 20 a pair were found 

 nesting almost at the top of a barren hill near Puerto La Cruz, where, 

 in the course of construction of a new road, a sharp bank had been 

 cut in the side of the hill. 



Family Bucconidae: Puff birds 



Hypnelus bicinctus bicinctus (Gould) 



Tamatia hicincta Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1836 (1837), pt. 4, p. 80 (Cay- 

 enne ? = Venezuela). 



To our earlier statements about this puffbird the following notes 

 are added: This 2-banded puffbird has a very curious manner of 

 swinging its tail; it perches quietly, motionless, and then swings its 

 tail from side to side in a series of three or four abrupt jerks. Thus, 

 beginning at a 4 .o'clock position, the tail is "clicked" into the 5- 

 6-, 7-, and 8-o 'clock positions, and then "clicked" back again to the 

 4-o'clock position. This was a quiet bird, but one was observed 

 uttering a rhythmic tak-ta-tooo repeated over and over, with the 

 accent on last syllable. 



Family Picidae; Woodpeckers 



Chrysoptilus punctigiila punctipectits Cabanis and Heine 



Chrysoptilus punctipectus Cabanis and Heine, Museum Heineanum, vol. 4, 1863, 

 p. 163 (Venezuela). 



Further familiarity with this woodpecker in life leads the collector 

 to observe that it is reminiscent of the flicker (Colaptes auratus) not 

 only in coloration but also in habits, as it is commonly seen on the 

 ground, feeding at ant-hills. In addition to a low harsh peeek, 

 this bird utters a loud, whistled tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu, also rather flickerlike. 



Phloeoceastes melanoleucos melonoleucos (Gmelin) 



Picus melanoleucos Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 1, 1788, p. 426 (Surinam). 

 1 9, Cantaura, October 15, 1951; gonads small; iris yellow; feet gray-green; 

 bill blue-gray; adult bird in worn plumage. 



