of Estancia Sta. Elena. 215 



5. Saltatricula multicolor (Arg. Oru. i. p. 61). 



Some four or five of this species, all in a moulting con- 

 dition, stayed here a few days in November. 



[A female (Sta. Elena, 23. xi. 93) is labelled :—" Iris 

 hazel; bill horn-colour, beneath yellow; legs brown. ^^ — 

 P. L. S.] 



6. Embernagra platensis (Arg. Oru. i. p. 62). 



This Ground-Finch is found breeding throughout No- 

 vember. It makes a cup-shaped nest of fine dry grass, some- 

 times lined with horsehair. This is placed either under 

 herbage on the ground, or else low down in the same. 



The eggs are three in number. They are blunt in shape, 

 and are of a white or reddish-white background, striped with 

 numerous lines and blotched with reddish brown and pale 

 purple at the larger end. 



Molothrus bonariensis constantly lays its eggs in these 

 nests. 



7. Trupialis defilippii (Arg. Orn. i. p. 105). 



In this district De FiUppi^s Marsh- Starling breeds in No- 

 vember. It makes a cup-shaped, nest of dry grass in a 

 hollow in the ground well concealed under grass. The eggs 

 are three or four in number, long in shape, of white or bluish 

 white thickly spotted all over with pale reddish brown. 



8. T^nioptera irupero (Arg. Orn. i. p. 118). 



A winter visitor, living singly or in pairs amongst the trees, 

 occasionally making short turns after passing insects. 



[A male (Sta. Elena, 18.iv.93) is marked ''rare.'' Bill, 

 legs, and iris black. — P. L. S.] 



9. Muscisaxicola macloviana (Arg. Orn. i. p. 133). 

 Another winter visitor, usually found in pairs, which have 



some chosen post or other elevation from which they make 

 turns after insects. They also frequent ploughed land, 

 where they run after their prey. 



[This is another southern bird which I should not have 

 expected to occur at Sta. Elena. Mr. Holland sends a male 

 (16. vi. 93). '' Iris hazel ; legs and bill black.''— P. L. S.J 



