604 Mr. E. Hargitt on Woodpeckers 



Latham's ' Synopsis/ and the Procellaria marina of the same 

 author's ' Index Ornithologicus/ 



The bird is now known to have a wide range in the southern 

 hemisphere. Gould's collector Gilbert discovered it breeding 

 on some of the small islands lying off Cape Leewin, South- 

 western Australia, in December, where he procured numbers 

 of its eggs as well as many examples of the adult birds. He 

 also met with it on a small island about three miles south of 

 East Wallaby Island in January, when the young birds were 

 almost ready to leave their holes (Gould, B. Austr. vol. vii. 

 pi. 61) . The most northern locality where P. marina has been 

 observed hitherto is the Canary Isles. Here it would appear 

 to be not common, though many observers have either pro- 

 cured specimens or recognized it when flying over the sea. 

 The bird from these islands was named Procellaria hypoleuca 

 by Webb and Berthelot. Mr. Salvin concludes his notes by 

 remarking that ''the specimen from Walney Island agrees 

 closely with examples from the South Seas and the Canary 

 Islands now in the British Museum.'' I should be happy to 

 submit the specimen to any brother member of the B. O. U. 

 who may entertain any desire to see it. The other species, 

 Oceanites oceanicus, had previously occurred in the N.W. of 

 England (Macpherson & Duckworth, ' Birds of Cumberland,* 

 p. 181). 



XLIX. — Notes on Woodpeckers. — No. XVIII. On two new 

 Species from the Pilcomayo. By Edward Hargitt, 

 F.Z.S. 



Mr. Sclater has been good enough to place in my hands 

 some Woodpeckers collected by Mr. Graham Kerr, who 

 accompanied the Pilcomayo Expedition, and whose researches 

 in the highly interesting region explored, when fully made 

 known to the world, will not only prove to be of great scien- 

 tific value, but add much to his already well-earned reputation 

 as an energetic and devoted naturalist. I must refer the 

 reader to the extracts from Mr. Graham Kerr's letters, pub- 

 lished in 'The Ibis' for January and April 1891, which 



