(TUCUMAN WOODPECKER.)
Chloronerpes tucumanus, Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 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.
Hab. 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 (Paraná, 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); Withington, 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 rectrices slightly barred with yellowish; bill and feet black: whole length 10·5 inches, wing 5·8, tail 4·0. Female similar, but without the scarlet malar patch.
Hab. Paraguay and Argentina.