(BOIE'S WOODPECKER.)
+Campephilus boiæi+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 98; _Durnford,
Ibis_, 1877, p. 185 (Buenos Ayres); _Salvin, Ibis_, 1880, p. 360
(Salta); _White, P. Z. S._ 1882, p. 617 (Catamarca, Salta);
_Barrows, Auk_, 1884, p. 25 (Entrerios).
_Description._--Above and beneath black; crested head and neck
scarlet, ear-coverts black, with a white line below; upper back and
interscapulium pale tawny white; bend of wing cinnamomeous; inner
webs of primaries pale chestnut; bill white, feet black: whole
length 12·0 inches, wing 7·4, tail 4·2. _Female_ similar, but head
black, except the sides of the back of the head and the under
portion of the crest, which are scarlet.
_Hab._ Bolivia and Northern Argentina.
Durnford found this fine Woodpecker "resident and common" to the north
of Buenos Ayres, and on the banks of the Paraná. It is likewise met with
in the more northern provinces of the Republic. White obtained specimens
in Catamarca and Salta, and Durnford, during his last expedition, in the
latter locality. Mr. Barrows speaks of its occurrence in Entrerios as
follows:--
"A part of the last week in April 1880 was spent in a considerable tract
of forest bordering a stream known as the 'Arroyo Gualeguaychú' at a
point about twenty miles west of Concepcion. The wood borders the stream
to a depth of a mile or more on each side and stretches up and down
stream indefinitely. It had suffered comparatively little from the axe
of the charcoal-burner, and many birds, not elsewhere seen, were met
with here. Among these was the present beautiful Woodpecker, of which,
however, only a single pair was observed, and the male alone taken. It
is said to occur sparingly in all the large forests."