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Plate XXXVI. 



XIPHOCOLAPTES MAJOR 



(EUSTY WOOD-HEWEE). 



Trepador grande 

 Dendrocopus major 

 Dendrocolaptes major 



Xiphocolaptes major 

 Dendrocolaptes rubiginosus 



Azara, Pax. ii. p. 277— (unde), 



VieiU. Nouv. Diet. xxvi. p. 118, et Enc. Meth. p. 625. 



Lafr. et D'Orb. Syn. Av. ii. p. 11. 



Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 16. 



Bp. Consp. i. p. 207. 



Lafr. Eev. Zool. 1850, p. 103. 



Scl. Cat. Am. Birds, p. 164. 



Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1833, t. 16. 



Eubiginosus fere unicolor : gutture fuscesceutiore : capite et collo superiore et pectore strigis rachidum albidis 

 obsolete notatis : rostro albido, pedibus obscure corneis : long, tota 11*5, ala? 5-5, cauda* 4-3, rostri a rictu lin. dir. 

 2*2. — Foem. mari similis. 



Hab. Paraguay (Azara): Bolivia, Chiquitos (D'Orb.). 



Azara first made us acquainted with this strongly-marked Xiphocolaptes, having described 

 it in his well-known " Apuntamientos para la historia natural de los paxaros del Paraguay" 

 under the Spanish name " Trepador grande,"— afterwards latinized by Vieillot into Dendrocopus 

 major. Azara states that this species is found on the high open trees at the edges of the 

 forests of Paraguay, singly or in pairs, and that there is no observable difference between the 

 sexes. 



The only other Naturalist that appears to have met with this bird in its native wilds, is the 

 French traveller, Alcide d'Orbigny, who obtained specimens of it in the province of Chiquitos 

 in Bolivia. 



In 1833, Lafresnaye described this bird in the " Magasin de Zoologie," as Dendrocolaptes 

 rubiginosus, and gave an indifferent figure of it; but subsequently allowed it to be without 

 doubt the same as Azara's species.* 



The Eusty Wood-hewer is readily distinguishable from every other species of the genus 

 by its nearly uniform rusty-red plumage, and pale white bill. There are linear elongated 

 shaft-stripes on the head and on portions of the under plumage. 



Our figure is taken from a specimen in Sclater's collection, believed to be from Bolivia. 



* Cf. Syn. Av. ii. p. 11, et Eev. Zool. 1850, p. 183. 

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