278 
Mr. Charles Chubb on the 
[Resident and common throughout Paraguay. Lives ex¬ 
clusively on open lands and rarely or never enters the woods. 
Its food consists entirely of small ground insects, burrowing 
wasps, larvse of flies, &c. It much prefers the clinging to 
the perching position, its favourite places being solitary 
dead trees. 
This species is generally seen in pairs and often in small 
flocks of from six to ten individuals. The flight is quick and 
undulating, and its loud harsh cries can be heard a long 
distance away. 
In Central Paraguay the nest is invariably in a hole of 
one of the dead trees and never in the bank of a stream. 
The eggs, five to seven in number, are white and highly 
polished.— W. F.] 
65. Chloronerpes aurulentus. 
Carpintero verde dorado Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 318. no. cclvi., 
male (1805). 
Carpintero dorado pardo Azara, t. c. p. 320. no. cclvii., 
female. 
Picus auratus Vieill. (nee Linn.), N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 
xxvi. p. 70 (1818), ex Azara, no. cclvii., female. 
Picus aurulentus Temm. PI. Col. iv. pi. 59. fig. 1 (1823 : 
Paraguay and Brazil). 
Chloronerpes aurulentus Berlepsch, J, f. O. 1887, p. 120 
(Paraguay) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 79; 
Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 333. 
a. $ ad. Sapucay, April 3, 1903. 
Bill horn-coloured, lighter below; feet olive-green; iris 
brown. Shot in monte. 
b. ? ad. Sapucay, June 6, 1904. 
Bill black, grey below ; tarsi and feet dry pea-green. 
c. ? ad. Sapucay, August 19, 1904. 
[This species is rare with us, and I know nothing about it. 
It is to be met with only in the depths of the large forests.— 
W. F] 
