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Birds of Paraguay. 
Xiphocolaptes major Berlepsch, J. £. O. 1887, pp. 15, 119 
(Lambare) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xv. p. 145 (1890); 
Kerr, Ibis, 1892, p. 133 (Bio Pilcomayo); Ihering, Bevista 
Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 329 (Paraguay). 
a. <$ ad. Sapucay, November 14, 1902. 
b. S ad. „ May 5,1903. 
c. $ ad. ,, January 16, 1904. 
d. $ ad. „ July 2, 1904. 
Bill grey, blackish at point; tarsi and feet greenish; iris 
brown. 
e. ? ad. Sapucay, August 17, 1904. 
A clutch of three eggs, pure white, measure : axis 1*4 
inch; diameter 1'05. 
[This species is fairly common through the central parts 
of the country where there is heavy timber.— W. F.] 
107. PlCOLAPTES FUSCUS APOTHETUS. 
Dendrocolaptes fuscus Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat xxv. 
p. 117 (1818: Brazil). 
Picolaptes tenuirostris Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xv. 
p. 151. 
Picolaptes tenuirostris apothetus Oberholser, Proc. Biol. 
Soc. Washington, xiv. p. 188 (1901: Sapucay) ; Ihering, 
Bevista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 329 (Paraguay). 
Picolaptes koeniswaldianus Bertoni, Aves Nuev. Paraguay, 
p. 73. 
Picolaptes fuscus Menegaux & Hellm., Mem. Soc. dMIist. 
Nat. d’Autun, xix. p. 113 (1906). 
a. d ad. Sapucay, April 21, 1903. 
Bill black above, pinkish white below; tarsi and feet 
bluish slate-coloured; iris brown. 
b-e. (?;/•? ad. Sapucay, July 3-8, 1903. 
These examples are slightly smaller than specimens from 
Brazil, as will be seen by the following dimensions : average 
measurements of Paraguayan birds : wing 2*9-3*0 inches, 
tail 2*3-2*65, culmen r05-l'l; Brazilian birds : wing 
3*15-3*5 inches, tail 2*55-2*95, culmen 1*05-1*2. 
