NO. 1217. BIRDS OF VENEZUELA— ROBINSON AND RICHMOND. 171 
Family PICID^E. 
32. CHLORONERPES RUBIGINOSUS ( Swainson). 
SWAINSON'S (JREEN WOODPECKER. 
Two were shot as they were feeding on allig-ator pears in the coffee 
plantation at San Julian. Others were seen. 
33. MELANERPES SUBELEGANS (Bonaparte). 
BONAPARTE'S WOODPECKER. 
Abundant. A pair had their nest in the top of a dead papaya tree 
in front of the hut at San Julian. 
34. CAMPEPHILUS MALHERBII Gray. 
MALHERBE'S IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER. 
Local name: Carpiniero, i. e., carpenter, the general name for all ivoodpeckers. 
Five or six were seen at San Julitin, but only one, a female, secured. 
The}" were usuall}^ seen in loft}- dead trees around the edges of 
mouTitain clearings. They have a loud, discordant note. Irides yel- 
low, tarsi bluish green, soles of feet yellow. 
A piculet {Plcumrius f) was seen excavating its nest in a dead branch 
at Cucuruti on July 7, and others were seen at San Julian. 
Family CAPRBIULGID^E. 
35. ANTROSTOMUS RUFUS (Boddaert). 
RUFOUS WHIP-P( )OR-WILL. 
One specimen, a female, secured at San Julian. Other species of 
goat-suckers were seen. 
Family TROC'HILTD.E. 
36. GLAUCIS HIRSUTUS (Gmelin). 
HAIRY HERMIT. 
Quite common at La Guaira and at San Julian. Several nests were 
seen, all of which were woven to the under side of a tatter at the 
extreme tip of a banana leaf. A nest taken at La Guaira, on July 4, 
contained 2 fresh eggs. Another at San Julian, on July 11, contained 
2 young, several days old. On July 27 a female was seen ])uilding. 
At San Julian an individual largely blotched with w^hite on the back 
and rump was seen several times. 
]\Iandi])le bright yellow, not flesh color as stated by Elliot. 
