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A. A. Lane says of it:' "This species seems to be distributed over 

 central and southern ChiH, but I never found it plentiful in any locality. 

 In the south I did not observe it in the forests, nor did I hear of its occur- 

 ence there ; but I occasionally found it about clumps of low timber on 

 open flats and in swamps. 



"The local name is 'Carpintero' or 'Carpintero chico.' 



"The female is somewhat smaller, and does not attain the bright red on 

 the back of the head which makes the male conspicuous. These birds 

 utter a peculiar call-note, by which they may be recognized, as they are 

 not often seen unless looked for." 



Cunningham found this species at Sandy Point in 1866 and says :^ "A 

 considerable number of a species of teal were shot by my companions, as 

 well as a single specimen of a small black and white woodpecker, with a red 

 crest. This species, the Picits ligniariiis, which does not appear to be 

 common in the Strait, we subsequently met with at Chiloe. " 



Genus IPOCRANTOR Cabanis & Heine. 



Type. 



Ipjcraiitof Cdih. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 99 (1863) . /. magellanicus. 

 Geographical Range. — Chili and Patagonia, to the extreme south. 



Ipocrantor magellanicus (King). 

 Piais magellanicus King, Zool. Jour. iii. p. 430, 1827 (Port Famine). 



Description. — Adult female, P. U. O. C. 7758, Punta Arenas, Chili, 

 January 2, 1898. Total length, 16 inches ; wing, 8.45 ; culmen, 2.12 ; tail, 

 6.10; tarsus, 1.50. Entire plumage black with a bluish gloss, except the 

 area immediately around the base of the bill, which is scarlet, and an area 

 on the inner webs of the remiges, which is white ; this occupies only a 

 basal area on the outermost primaries, not reaching to the shaft, but on 

 the tertials it reaches to the tip of the feather and spreads over into the 

 outer web. 



The male differs in having the entire head and neck scarlet. 



Bill and feet dull bluish horn color. 



Geographical Range. — The forest regions of Chili and Patagonia south 

 to the Straits of Magellan ; northern Tierra del Fuego. 



1 Ibis, p. 48, 1897. 



''Nat. Hist. Str. Magell. 1871, pp. 137-138. 



