Rev. Mr. Hennab, from Mexico, which does not appear to have been 

 hitherto described. The general colour of the bird is blue slate, but on the 

 top of the head this colour becomes nearly black ; on the back are several 

 oval patches, and on the throat and breast are waved spots of the like 

 colour ; the wing-feathers, in general, are black or dusky, with yellow 

 margins, and the tail is nearly black." 



The plate opposite page 304 is dated 1828. Here, as in many other 

 instances, the present bird was found in a " collection from Mexico," which 

 does not necessarily prove that it is a Mexican species, as it is well 

 known not to extend its range north of High Peru ; therefore, the locality 

 "Mexico" led all earlier ornithologists to overlook the name given to 

 this species by Prince Bonaparte before 1828, who afterwards, in his 

 ' Conspectus,' unites it with Pkrygilus alaudina, another species of the 

 same genus equally unlikely to be found in Mexico. Again, Griffith's 

 and Gray's omission of all mention of the white band on the inner webs of 

 the tail-feathers, decidedly characteristic marks in both sexes of the latter 

 bird, determines my retaining the older specific appellation campestris in 

 the synonymy. 



This species appears to be exclusively a mountainous bird, keeping 

 always to the higher ridges of the great Southern Cordillera, extending its 

 range from High Peru, just below the perpetual snow, into La Paz in 

 P>olivia, south to Chili and Patagonia, where it remains during the 

 breeding season, descending only to lower ground during the winter 

 months. 



Mr. T. Bridges tells us it is " found in valleys of the Andes, inhabits 

 hedges and bushy situations, and sings delightfully in summer. Iris dark 

 brown." Mr. C. Darwin " obtained specimens of this bird from Northern 

 Chili and Southern Patagonia," and says : — " I saw it also in the Conlillera 

 of Central Chili, at an elevation of at least 8,000 feet, near the upper limit 

 of vegetation. In Patagonia it is not common ; it frequents bushy valleys 

 in small f?ocks from six to ten in number. These birds sometimes move 

 irom thicket to thicket with a peculiar soaring flight ; they occasionally 

 utter very singular and pleasing notes." 



It was procured during Gilliss's Expedition ; and Mr. J. Cassin adds 

 the following note : — " This little Finch frequents field and shrubbery, but 

 is not a common species. It extends its range over the whole of western 



