640 Mr. Charles Chubb on the 



Emberiza melanoleuca d'Orb. et Lafr. Syn. Av., Mag. de 

 Zool. 1837, p. 82 (Chiquitos, Bolivia). 



Poospiza melanoleuca Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 116 

 (Paraguay) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 638; 

 Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 322 (Paraguay). 



a. ? ad. Ybytimi, January 29, 1904. 



Bill, tarsi, and feet black ; iris brown. 



[This bird, which is very rare, inhabits open camps. — 

 W.F.] 



* 227. Poospiza njgrorufa. 



Chipiu negro y canela Azara, Apunt. i. p. 527. no. cxlii. 

 (1802). 



Emberiza nigrorufa Lafr. et d'Orb. Syn. Av., Mag. de Zool. 

 1837, p. 81 (Paraguay : Sta. Fe Parana). 



Pijnlo personata Swains. Anim. in Menag. p. 311 (1838 : 

 Brazil). 



Poospiza nigrorufa (Lafr. et d'Orb.) ; Berlepsch, J. f. O. 

 1887, p. 116 (Paraguay). 



Poospiza personata Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 640; 

 Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 322 (Paraguay). 



a, b. <$ ? ad. Sapucay, June 1904. 



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



On comparing these specimens with the series in the 

 British Museum, I find that the individuals from Uruguay 

 and Lomas de Zamora (seven in number, six of which are 

 males and one female) have longer wings and measure from 

 26 to 2*75 inches ; while thirteen others, nine of which are 

 males and four females, from Mendoza, Rio Negro, Pata- 

 gonia, Punta Lara, Cio Lijan, Conchitas, Belgrano, Ajo, and 

 Paraguay, only measure 2*35 to 2*5 inches. 



228. Paroaria cucullata. 



Loxia cucullata Lath. Iud. Orn. i. p. 378 (1790 : Brazil). 



Crcstudo roxo Azara, Apunt. i. p. 461. no. cxxviii. (1802). 



Paroaria cucullata Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 116 

 (Paraguay) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 809, pi. xvi. 

 fig. 1 ; Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 322 

 (Paraguay). 



