308 BROOKLYN INSTITUTE ML'SEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 
Cerchneipicus TORQuatus (Boddaert). 
Piciis toi-qiiatus Bodd., Tabl. PL Enl. 1783. p. 52. 
Cerchneipicus torquatus Berlepsch & Hartert. p. 94. 
Not observed by the writer. Recorded by Berlepsch and Hartert 
from Suapure and from La Pricion on the Caura River, and there are 
two specimens from La Union in the American Museum collection. 
Crocomorpiius flavus (Mull.). 
Piciis flams Mull., Syst. Nat. Supplement, 1776. p. gi. 
Crocomorpiius fiaz'us Berlepsch & Hartert. p. 94. 
Not observed below Altagracia but collected there, at Caica.ra, and 
up as far as the falls of Maipures. 
Eye carmine red; bill chrome yellow shading into sulphur yellow at 
the base of the mandible; feet dark pea green. 
This species I did not see in the sparsely wooded savanna districts. 
It kept to the heavier fc:)rests along the Orinoco. The call notes of 
this woodpecker are somewhat like those of our Great-crested Fly- 
catcher — not what one expects from a woodpecker. They are usually 
seen in pairs or family parties of two adults and three or four imma- 
ture birds. Specimens that I have collected have had the feet invariably 
covered with a mass of small black ants (dead) held by some sticky sub- 
stance, and the birds themselves have a strong odor of formic acid. 
ScAPANEus ULBKicoi.i.is (Boddaert). 
Piciis nilvicollis Bodd., Tabl. PI. Enl. 1783. p. ^y. 
Caiiipepliiliis riibricollis Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 95. 
Rare, seen only in the heavily wooded region above the falls. Two 
specimens were collected at Minidiuipn. 
Eye light lemon yellow; bill pale horn color, ridge of culmen dusky 
and base of mandible shaded with greenish ; feet dark sage green. 
ScAPANEUS MiCLANOLEucos (Gmelin). 
Piciis iiidiiiiolencos Cm., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 462. 
Caiiipepliilus melanoleueus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 95. 
Native name Carplntero Soldado. Not rare, but very wary and 
somewhat difficult to collect. Keeps to heavily timbered districts. 
Noted and specimens collected at Ciudad Bolivar, but rarely below 
the mouth of the Apure. Seen on the upper river as far as I extended 
my exploration.s. 
