280 
Mr. Charles Chubb on the 
Picus dominicanus Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvi. p. 72 
(1818). 
Leuconerpes candidus Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 21 
(Lambare). 
Melanerpes candidus Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. 
p. 148; Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 333. 
a. $ ad. Ybytimi, February 6, 1904. 
b. $ ad. Sapucay, March 22, 1904. 
Bill horn-coloured above, slaty below ; tarsi and feet pea- 
green ; iris white. 
[This peculiar Woodpecker appears at very long intervals 
at Sapucay, and always in flocks of from ten to fifteen 
individuals, never alone. It has the reputation of living 
principally upon bees and wasps, and breaking open the 
nests, built in the trees, to get at the larvae—its gregarious 
habits somewhat bearing out this statement. I met with 
it during the month of January in a small wood some six 
miles from Asuncion and have seen it in different months 
of the year at Sapucay, but in the southern parts of the 
Republic I never saw one.— W. F] 
68. Melanerpes flavifrons. 
Carpintero vientre roxo Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 316, no. cclv. 
(1805). 
Picus flavifrons Vieill. N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xxvi. p. 75 
(1818 : Brazil). 
Melanerpes flavifrons Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 120 
(Paraguay) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 161 ; 
Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 333. 
a. <$ ad. Sapucay, November 29, 1902. 
b. $ ad. ,, May 30, 1903. 
Bill horn-coloured above, slate-coloured below; tarsi and 
feet greenish slate-coloured; iris warm brown. 
c. g imm. Sapucay, March 22, 1904. 
d. $ ad. ,, April 25, 1904. 
e. <$ ad. „ May 8, 1904. 
/. S ad. ,, June 5, 1904. 
g. ? ad. „ August 25, 1904. 
