Centurus aurifrons March 5 arroyo S Harlingen, Cameron Co., Texas. overcast, calm. 9:40 am & perched clinging vertically to trunk of a dead palo verde. Bird repeated note tuck tuck tuck as I stood in open 50 ft away. Woodpecker flew to flat opuntia cactus & perched there, then flew downslope. A few days earlier in observing this species on The Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County I was impressed with the flicker-like actions of this bird. One call "wick wick wick wick" was very similar to a call of Colaptes cafer. Mar 19. 2 mi E Skidmore, 150 ft, Bee Co., Texas. I collected a ♂ (#491) at the bunkhouse on the Driscoll property as it flew to several mesquite trees in succession. I was unable to prepare it as a skin but made a skeletal preparation. I did not encounter this species again in the Aransas River area E of Skidmore, March 19 - April 3. Apr. 24. Spring Cr., 6½ mi. ENE Skidmore, Bee Co., Texas one in postoak-liveoak savanna (mid afternoon)