Birds of Paraguay. ChV> 



a. J iram. Sapucay, March 21, 1904. 

 Bill horn-coloured, lower inaudible lighter ; feet black ; 

 iris brown. 



[Shot in the open camp. — W. F.] 



218. Sporophila c.erulescens. 



Pico grueso gargantilla Azara, Apunt. i. p. 452. no. cxxv. 

 (1802). 



Pyrrhula c amies cens Vieill. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1022 

 (1823: Brazil). 



Sporophila carulescens Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 115 

 (Paraguay). 



Spermophila ccerulesceiis Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. 

 p. 126. 



a, b, c. <$ ad. et imm. Sapucay, October 1902. 



d. $ ad. Sapucay, February 2, 1904. 



e,f. S ? ad. „ March 1903-04. 



g. ? ad. „ May 4, 1904 



h. S ad. „ June 17, 1904. 



i. S ad. „ July 17, 1904. 



k. <£ ad. „ September 1, 1904. 



Bill pale grey ; feet and toes dark brown ; iris brown. 



[This species is resident with us, but is by no means 

 common. It is generally to be met with in the scrubby 

 growth along the banks of the small streams flowing 

 through the open camps, where there is an abundance of 

 small seeding plants. It must nest in the matted tufts of 

 grass, as it is always to be found in the open, but I have 

 never met with the nest. — W. F.] 



219. Chrysomitris icterica. 



Gafarron Azara, Apunt. i. p. 483. no. cxxxiv, (1802). 



Fringilla icterica Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 26 (1823 : Sao 

 Paulo, Brazil). 



Chrysomitris icterica Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 116 

 (Paraguay) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 217. 



Spinus icterica Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 322 

 (Paraguay) . 



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