Description.—Like C. maculifrons (Spix), but larger; red of head darker and broader, and without any golden-yellow border; beneath darker and more thickly cross-banded, with the bright bands narrower.
Hab. Tucuman.
This little-known species is one of Herr Fritz Schulz’s discoveries in the mountain-forests of Tucuman.
[255.] CHLORONERPES AURULENTUS (Licht.).
(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 transverse 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.
Hab. 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.”