CHRYSOPTILUS CRISTATUS. <2l 



255. CHLORONERPES AURULENTUS (LichU 

 (GOLD-BACKED WOODPECKER.) 



Chloronerpes aurulentus, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 99 ; White, P. Z. S. 1882, 

 p. 617 (Misiones). 



Description. Above olive-green, crown and malar stripe scarlet ; sides of 

 head slaty, with a yellowish line above and beneath ; wings black, with trans- 

 verse bars of rusty red ; tail black : beneath greyish white, regularly barred 

 across with black, throat yellow : whole length 8'0 inches, wing 4-8, tail 2-2. 

 Female similar, but only the nape scarlet, rest of cap like the back. 



Hob. Brazil. 



The occurrence of this Woodpecker in Argentina also rests upon 

 White's authority. But as it is found in Paraguay (cf. Berlepsch, 

 J. f . O. 1887, p. 120), it is very likely to extend into Misiones. White 

 states that it is common in San Javier, and usually " seen singly in 

 dead high trees." 



256. CHLORONERPES TUCUMANUS, Cab. 

 (TUCUMAN WOODPECKER.) 



Chloronerpes tucumanus, Cab. Journ.f. Om. 1883, p. 103. 



Description. Like C. rubiginosus, and principally distinguishable by its 

 rather larger size and darker under surface, in which the yellowish hue is 

 wanting. t 



Hob. Tucuman. 



This is another discovery of Herr Fritz Schulz in Tucuman, which 

 has been shortly described by Dr. Cabanis. 



257. CHRYSOPTILUS CRISTATUS (Vieill.). 

 (RED-CRESTED WOODPECKER.) 



Chrysoptilus melanochlorus, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 445 (Parana, 

 Cordova, Tucuman). Chrysoptilus chlorozostus, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1868, p. 143 (Conchitas). Chrysoptilus cristatus, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. 

 p. 100; Gibson, Ibis, 1880, p. 11 (Buenos Ayres) ; White, P. Z. S. 1882, 

 p. 618 (Catamarca) ; Barrows, Auk, 1884, p. 25 (Entrerios) ; Wellington 

 Ibis, 1888, p. 468 (Lomas de Zamora). Colaptes leucofrenatus, Leybola, 

 Leopoldina, Heft viii. p. 53 (1873) . 



Description. Above black, barred across with white; rump white, with 

 black spots ; top of head black, nape scarlet ; sides of head white, bordered 

 beneath by black, which carries a scarlet malar stripe : beneath white, on the 

 neck yellowish, thickly covered with round black spots ; throat white, striped 

 with black ; under surface of wings white, tinged with yellow ; tail black, 

 lateral rcctriecs slightly barred with yellowish ; bill and feet black : whole 



