498 Mr. E. Gibson o)i, the Or)iHholoyy of [Ibis 



245. Stenopsis bifasciata Gould. Wing-bauded Goat- 

 sucker. 



Hudson obtained a single skin of this species at Conchitas 

 (Province of Buenos Ayres). Durnford found it in Chubut 

 (Patagonia) — "rather rare there and in the vicinity, though 

 resident and breeding in that district."' 



It is not to be wondered at, then, when I re-visited 

 Buenos Ayres and the Yngleses at the end of 1916, I was 

 exceedingly interested to find awaiting me a skin of the 

 Goatsucker in question. It had been one of a pair which 

 had appeared in June of that year (middle of an unusually 

 cold and dry winter) in the '^ huerta '' or vegetable-garden 

 and orchard of the Yngleses, and is the first and only 

 recorded occurrence since I took up residence in the 

 district — forty-four years ago. The specimen was completely 

 a lusus udttirce for all the people I showed it to, and to 

 Avhom the Spanish designation of '' Dorrailon ^' or Sleeper 

 (of general application to the whole family of Goat- 

 suckers in this and the adjacent republics) conveyed no 

 significance. 



No other species of the Caprimulgidie or Goatsucker 

 family are known to me, or have occurred, so far as the 

 Ajo district is concerned. 



257. Chrysoptilus cristatus Vieill. Red-crested Wood- 

 pecker. 



Iris dark brown ; bill black ; legs and feet vary from 

 dark grey to a greenish yellow. 



It would not seem as if there was much to supple- 

 ment my former notes of 1880 on this, our only Wood- 

 pecker. It has not increased in numbers, and certainly has 

 not diminished. A pair generally nests in the garden 

 (sometimes in a Paraiso tree, which is only separated by a 

 railing from the kitchen- door, a few yai-ds away), and two 

 other pairs in tlie head-station woods. The first-mentioned 

 birds are very tame, frequenting the patio frequently, and 

 I have disturbed them in front of the very office door. 

 Elsewhere, a small wood, or the old willow-trees remaining 



