RED-CRESTED WOODPECKER 7 



but elsewhere on the Pampas we did not observe 

 them." 



There are altogether close on fifty species of 

 Goatsuckers in South America; of these, six are 

 found in Argentina. I only knew two ; the one here 

 described and the small species Antrostomus parvulm, 

 which is rare in Buenos Ayres. 



RED-CRESTED WOODPECKER 



Chrysoptttus cristatus 



Above black barred with white ; rump white with black spots ; 

 top of head black, nape scarlet ; sides of head white, bordered with 

 black ; beneath white, yellowish on the neck, covered with round 

 black spots; throat white striped with black; tail black, lateral 

 rectrices slightly barred with yellow; length 10.5 inches. Female 

 similar. 



South and Central America has not fewer than i2o 

 species of Woodpeckers ; in Argentina there are 

 only thirteen species known, and most of these are 

 confined to the northern and forest districts. Five 

 species range as far south as Buenos Ayres ; of these 

 I was acquainted with the following four. 



The Red-crested Woodpecker ranges as far south 

 as the vicinity of Buenos Ayres, and is not uncommon 

 there in the few localities which possess wild forests. 

 It is the handsomest of our Woodpeckers, having 

 brighter tints than its congener of the plains, Colaptes 



