390 Mr. E. L. Layard on Birds observed at Para. 



85. LUROCALIS SEMITORQUATUS (Gm.) . 



Shot in Strada Braganza. Stomach contained comminuted 

 insects. 



86. Campephilus trachelopyrus (Malh.). 



This fine Woodpecker I shot on the 6th Feb. 1873, in a 

 "travessa," not far from my house. When wounded it had 

 a loud harsh scream. Its stomach was full of large yellow 

 grubs and the pupae of some wood-borer. 



87. Dryocopus lineatus (L.). 



Shot in the neighbourhood of Para. Their stomachs con- 

 tained small insects and the ants which frequent trees and 

 make large clay nests on them. They rap with great violence 

 and rapidity ; and the sound they cause may be compared to 

 the springing of a watchman's rattle. 



88. Celeus citrinus (Bodd.). 



Walking one morning on the road to Una, soon after day- 

 break, a bird darted across the road from some Assaige palms^ 

 and pitched in a mango-tree. I instantly threw up my gun 

 and fired ; but nothing fell. On going to examine the spot, 

 I saw a queer object sitting huddled up on a thick branch, 

 which presently fell ; and on lifting it I found I had killed 

 this strangely coloured Woodpecker. It had been feeding 

 on ants and their eggs. The smell of this bird is most offen- 

 sive, and, I find, permanent in the dried skin. 



89. Celeus jumana (Spix). 



While placing some Aracaris in my collecting-bag, this 

 Woodpecker flew into a tree over my head, and was there 

 and then added to my spolia. I was surprised to find its 

 stomach filled with the same fruits as the Aracaris had 

 been feeding on, berries as large as peas, swallowed whole. 



90. Chloroxerpes ruficeps (Spix). 



A single pair, male and female, shot on a dead tree in 

 the Charmont Road. Their stomachs contained numbers of 

 a naked, yellow, wood-boring caterpillar, doubtless obtained 

 from the tree on which they were killed. Another was in 

 company, but escaped. 



