(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."