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Ornitb. P^rou, iii. p. 35 (1886); Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 

 xii. p. 793 (1888). 



Figures. Kittl. Kupf. Vog. pi. 23, fig. 2. Meyen, Nova Acta 

 Acad. Leop. pi. 12, fig. 1. Eydoux et Gerv. Mag. de Zool. 

 pi. 70. 



English. Alaiidine Finch, or Larh Finch. 

 French. Pinson-Alouette. 

 German. Der Lerchen-Ammersperling. 

 Chilian. Pichiquina. Platero. 

 Ecuadorian. Trigo. 



Habitat. Chili, Bolivia, and Higli Peru, extending its range into 

 Ecuador. 



Male. Head, whole of back, chin, throat, chest, and sides of body nearly uniform slaty- 

 grey ; lores slaty-black ; mantle and scapulars broadly striated with brownish -black ; 

 rump and upper tail-coverts a little paler than the back ; primaries, secondaries, greater 

 and median wing-coverts dull black, edged with silvery-grey, browner on the secondaries ; 

 lesser wing-coverts, axillaries, and under wing-coverts bright slaty-grey ; tail dull black, 

 with an elongated white patch on the inner webs of all the feathers, except the two 

 centre ones, which are dull brown ; basal half of the outer webs of the first rectrices 

 white ; belly, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts white ; " iris dark brown ; legs and 

 feet light chrome-yellow " {H. Whitely) : length 5'65, wing 3'05, tail 2-5, tars. 0-85, 

 culm. 0"5. 



Female. Above pale earthy-brown, greyish on the hind neck, rump, and upper tail-coverts, 

 each feather more or less narrowly and broadly streaked with dull brown ; primaries 

 pale brown, slightly edged with greyish-white on the outer webs ; secondaries, greater 

 and median wing-coverts darker brown, broadly edged with buff and pale reddish- 

 brown ; lesser coverts pale slaty-grey ; tail as in the male, but narrowly edged, and 

 tipped with silvery-grey ; cheeks, sides of neck, and breast pale buff, narrowly striated 

 with brown ; lores, chin, and throat buflSsh-white ; sides of body like the back ; belly, 

 flanks, thighs, and under taU-coverts white ; under surface of wing and axillaries silvery- 

 grey ; bill yellowish-brown ; feet yellow : length 5-45, wing 2-85, tail 2-25, tars. O'S, 

 culm. 0*45. 



Young. Above earthy brown, centre of each feather very broadly marked with dark dull 

 brown ; wings, coverts, and tail dull brown, with very faint buft' edges ; median coverts 

 edged with white ; sides of face, neck, and breast dirty white, streaked with ashy- 



