636 Mr. Charles Chubb on the 



Spinus ictericus campestris Hellrnayr, Abhandl. AkacT. \\ iss. 

 Miinchen, xxii. p. 680. 



a, b. S ad. Sapucay, July 29, 1904. 



Bill, tarsi, and feet blackish ; iris brown. 



c. ? ad. Sapucay, August 18, 1904. 



These individuals, which are in fully adult plumage, agree 

 both in measurements and colour of plumage with the series 

 in the National Collection. 



[This species is very rare with us here in Paraguay, and 

 I am not acquainted with its habits. — W. F.~\ 



220. Sycalis pelzelni. 



Chuy Azara, Apunt. i. p. 479. no. cxxxiii. (1802). 



Sycalis pelzelni Sclater, Ibis, 1872, p. 42 (Cuyaba) ; 

 Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, pp. 10, 116 (Lambare) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 380; Oberholser, Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. xxv. p. 146 (1902 : Sapucay) ; Ihering, Revista Mus. 

 Paulista, vi. p. 322 (Paraguay). 



a. c? ad. Ybytimi, January 31, 1904. 



b. S ad. „ February 9, 1904. 



c. d, S ad. ; e,f, g. ? ad. Sapucay, June 1904. 



<$ . Bill, tarsi, and feet light pinky horn-coloured ; iris 

 brown. 



h. $ ad. Sapucay, July 29, 1904. 



i, k. ? ; /. S a d. Sapucay, August 1904. 



m, S ad. Sapucay, September 6, 1904. 



The two specimens from Ybytimi obtained in January and 

 February are in very worn plumage, and have evidently just 

 passed through the breeding-season. The collector has sexed 

 them both as males, but I am of opinion that the example 

 obtained in January is a female; he has also marked them 

 both as immature, which must be a mistake, of course. 



[This species is resident and fairly common through the 

 open camp lands. It is exclusively a ground-feeder. I have 

 not found the nest yet, as the dense matted grasses, some- 

 times brea3t high, form excellent cover for the birds, and 

 their only enemies would be snakes and small ground 

 mammals. — W. F.] 



