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common on both the Atlantic and Pacific slopes of the mountains down to the coast-line. 

 At La Palma Mr. Nutting did not notice its presence until 27th April, when it suddenly 

 became quite common, and so continued as long as he remained in the district. He 

 adds that one of the commonest sounds in the forest was its quick, loud tap. It 

 usually taps but twice in rapid succession, hunts in pairs, and seems to prefer the thick 

 forests to the more open woods. 



Sumichrast noted that the iris of this species is light yellow, the bill horny-white, 

 and the feet ashy. 



3. Campophilus malherbii. 



CampepMlus malherbii, Gray, Gen. Birds, ii. p. 436, t. 108'; Scl. & Salv. P. Z, S. 1864, p. 366 ' ; 



Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 157^; 1870, p. 212 ^ 

 Campophilus malherbii, Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 472 °. 

 Dryocopus malherbii, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 137°; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 399 ^ 



Supra niger, yittis (una cervieis lateribus utrinque) in dorso convergentibus albis ; capite summo et capitis 

 lateribus coccineis, loris et macula ad mandibulse basin albis, illis supra linea angusta nigra marginatis, 

 auricularibus infra albis supra nigris ; abdomine toto subtus nigro efc pallide ferrugineo regulariter trans- 

 fasciato ; alls nigris, subalaribus et remigibus omnibus ad basin pallidissime flavido-albis ; rostro et pedibus 

 plumbeis. Long, tota circa 13-0, alse 7'3, caudse 4-5, rostri a riofcu 2-0, tarsi 1-45, dig. med. absque ungue 

 0-93, dig. ext. 1-1. (Descr. maris ex Lion Hill, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



$ mari simUis, capite summo medialiter omnino, nigro, vitfca cervicali alba usque ad mandibulae basin extensa. 



Hah. Panama, Chiriqui {Kellett & Wood^), Santa Fe^ Cordillera de Tole^, Calovevora*, 

 Santiago de Veraguas [ArcS), Lion Hill {WLeannan'^ '^), Turbo (C /. Wood^) — 

 Colombia. 



This Woodpecker has a very limited range, being restricted to an area in Colombia 

 reaching in the south to the neighbourhood of Bogota and spreading thence northwards 

 so as to include the State of Panama. Skins of it are not unfrequently found in the 

 trade collections of Bogota. Salmon met with it at several places in the Cauca Valley, 

 and Mr. Simons at Atanques in the Sierra of Santa Marta at an elevation of 4000 feet. 

 Mr. Wood, who accompanied Lieut. Michler's expedition to Darien, says that it is 

 occasionally seen in the forest at Turbo, but is very shy and difficult to approach. 



In the State of Panama M'Leannan met with it on the Line of the Panama Railway, 

 and Arce at several places in Veraguas. But the latter collector sent us no specimens 

 from Chiriqui, though it is said to be found there, as a specimen in the British Museum 

 obtained by Capt. Kellett and Capt. Wood is marked as coming from that district. 



C. malherbii can readily be distinguished from C. guatemalensis by the white marks 

 at the base of the bill in both sexes. Its nearest ally is G. melanoleucus, from which 

 it differs in having a darker bill, the intervals between the dark bars of the under 

 surface more rufescent, and in the male by the red of the crown and cheeks being 

 connected in front of the orbit, and other characters. 



Mr. Simons states that the iris of C. malherbii is white. 



