494 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



344. Campephilus rulDricollis. 



Red-necked Woodpecker. 



Picus riih'icoUis Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 37, 1783 (Cayenne). 

 Campephilus ruhricoUis Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. Guian. iii. p. 716, 1848; 



Sah-in, Ibis, 1886, p. 58 (Bai-tica Grove, Camacusa, Merume Mts.) ; 



Quelch, Timehri (2) iv. p. 115, 1890 (Demerara Falls). 

 Campopliilus rulricoUis Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 467, 1890 



(Bai-tica Grove) ; Braboui-ne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 176, 



no. 1760, 1912. 



Adult male. Upper back, wings, and tail black, as is also a 

 patch on sides of breast ; inner webs of primary and secondary 

 quills rufous ; head, neck all round, and breast red (vermilion) ; 

 remainder of under surface rufous brown. 



Total length 315 mm., culmen 41, wing 174, tail 114, tarsus 36. 



We do not know the exact localitj^, in the C-olony, of the male 

 described. 



Adult female. Similar to adult male, but differs in having a 

 white patch on fore part of the cheeks, which is surrounded by 

 a narrow black line. The female described was collected at 

 " Cucuie " in October 1898. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Cucuya 

 River (McConnell collection) ; Canuku Mountains (Schomhurgk) ; 

 Kamakusa, Bartica, Merume Mountains ( Whitely) ; Demerara Falls 

 (Quelcli). 



Extralimital Range. Cayenne {Boddaert), North Brazil, 

 Ecuador. 



Habits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 716) that this 

 bird was not very common in British Guiana, though it was fairly 

 numerous in the Canuku Mountains. It was easilj- distinguished 

 from the other Woodpeckers by its call, which it uttered when 

 climbing the trunk of a tree. Its habits were the same as those 

 of other Woodpeckers. The " Macusis " call it Zittang, the 

 " Arekuuas " Zittuhera, and the " Warraus " Yoho. 



Mr. J. J. Quelch (Timehri (2) iv. p. 115) met with this species 

 at the Demerara Falls, and remarks : — " The loud drumming of 

 the Woodpeckers rung out at all hours of the day — at times so 



