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remained later; at all events it was six "weeks after I had lost 

 sight of the abundant Nacunda Goatsucker. 



71. Campephilus boi^i. Boie^s Woodpecker. 



Mr. Sloane showed me the skin of one of these grand 

 Woodpeckers which he had shot at Sta. Florencia. 



72. Chrysophilus cristatus. Red-crested Woodpecker. 

 Not uncommon in the monte, and especially fond of 



willows. It sometimes came to the quinta^ but did not 

 attempt to breed there, with the exception of one pair, 

 which were shot early in October. It often sits crosswise 

 on a branch. The alarm-note is a short, sharp '' took," 

 something like that of a Dendrocopus ; another sort of call, 

 uttered chiefly at sundown in autumn, is ^' uk-goooo." 



73. CoLAPTEs AGRicoLA. Pampas Woodpccker. (Plate V. 

 fig- 6, eg^.) 



A very common resident ; indeed, the number of these 

 beautiful golden-necked Woodpeckers you see in this rather 

 treeless country is rismarkable. They are commonly met 

 with about the camp, though seldom far from the monte, 

 a quinta, or patch of rocks, and are often to be seen perched 

 on the fence-posts. Many frequent the monte, and doubt- 

 less find a certain number of willows big enough to serve as 

 nesting-trees. The large ombu trees about puestos and 

 ranchos harbour some; but the favourite resort in the 

 nesting-season is an estancia with a large plantation of trees, 

 gums, acacias, &c. In a country where trees are raised only 

 at much expense, and are greatly appreciated for their shade 

 and shelter, it is obviously undesirable to have them (while 

 still growing) pierced by Woodpecker holes, so that estan- 

 cieros are under the necessity of killing many Pampas 

 Woodpeckers in the spring. Fifteen were shot at Sta. 

 Elena during the month ending 22nd October, and yet I 

 saw four or five about the trees a day or two after. Finally 

 one pair succeeded in breeding, and four fresh eggs were 

 taken from a hole in a decayed gum in the last days of 

 November. At Sta. Adelaida I saw a Woodpecker feeding- 

 its young in a hole in a gum as late as the 29th January. 



