322 Mr. C. H. B. Grant on Birds collected in Argentina, 



of black behiud the malar stripe, though nothing like to the 

 extent in C. melanoltemus, ear-coverts washed with golden 

 buffj below yellowish olive, the chest strongly washed with 

 orange. 



This appears to be quite a distinct form, differing from 

 C. melanolamus in having a golden-yellow rump and being 

 greener below ; and from C. cristatus in having an indication 

 of black behiud the malar stripe, and by the orange on the 

 chest. 



The female is similar to the male, except for the malar 

 stripe being black speckled with yellowish white. 



Type. S 2.d. Rio Pilcomayo. Collected by Prof. Graham 

 Kerr on the 14th of April, 1890. 



? ad. Mortero, Paraguay. Collected by G, W. Tucker 

 and C. H. B. Grant on the 13th of August, 1909. 



J. Total length 1 1 inches ; wing 6*25 ; tail 3*95 ; culmen 

 1*27 ; tarsus I'O. 



? . Total length 10*5 inches; wing 6*0 ; tail 3*9; culmen 

 1*3 ; tarsus 1"0. 



I have examined three males and a female collected by 

 Prof. Kerr and a female obtained by myself. 



150. Melanerpes candidus. 



Melanerpes candidus Hargitt, Cat. B. xviii. p. 14-8 ; Chubb, 

 Ibis, 1910, p. 280 (Paraguay). 



a. cf ad. Sapetero Cue, Paraguay. Sept. 3, 1909. 



Irides white; orbits lemon-yellow; bill dark sLite-coloured, 

 very dark at tip ; legs and toes slate-coloured. 



In rather worn plumage and moulting. 



151. Dendrocopus lignarius. 



Dendrocojjus liyimrius Hargitt, Cat. B. xviii. p. 257. 



a. i ad. Near Goya, N. Argentine. Nov. 13, 1909. 



b. J ad. Near Santa Elena, N. Argentine. Nov. 15, 

 1909. 



Irides red-brown ; bill slaty horn-coloured; legs and toes 

 olive-green. 



Both the specimens are in rather worn plumage ; one of 

 them was observed boring a nesting-hole in the limb of 

 a tree about ten feet from the ground. 



