(BLACK-AND-YELLOW THICK-BILL.)
+Pheucticus aureiventris+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 27; _White, P.
Z. S._ 1882, p. 598 (Salta); _Sharpe, Cat. B._ xii. p. 55.
_Description._--Above, also head, throat, and chest, black; lesser
wing-coverts yellow; two spots on the greater coverts and the base
of the primaries white; tail black, the three outer feathers on each
side tipped with white; belly and under wing-coverts bright yellow;
sides sparsely spotted with black; bill and feet black: total length
8·7 inches, wing 4·5, tail 3·5. _Female_ similar.
_Hab._ Bolivia and Northern Argentina.
Examples of this fine species, originally discovered by d'Orbigny in
Bolivia, were obtained by White in the forests of Salta.