Birds of Paraguay. 641 



a,b. <$ ? ad. Sapucay, June 22, 1904. 



[This species is rare throughout the wooded parts of the 

 country, becoming more abundant the farther south one goes. 

 The specimens offered for sale as cage-birds in the markets 

 here are generally caught on the chaco in the vicinity of the 

 mouth of the river Pilcomayo. — W. F] 



229. Embernagra platensis. 



Emberiza platensis Gra. Syst. Nat. i. p. 886 (1788 : La 

 Plata). 



Habia de bauado Azara, Apunt. i. p. 363. no. xc. 

 (1802). 



Embernagra platensis Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, pp. 10, 

 ] 16 (Lambare) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 758 • 

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



a. ? ad. Sapucay, October 16, 1902. 



b. ? imm. „ November 17, 1902. 



c. ? ad. „ March 22, 1903. 



Bill black above, reddish orange below ; feet pinkish 

 horn-coloured ; iris brown. 



d. $ ad. Sapucay, April 19, 1903. 



e. (J ad. „ May 23, 1903. 



[This bird is resident and in the low swampy grounds 

 fairly common, but seldom to be met with in any other 

 locality. The nest is built in a tuft of grass, but even 

 there the parasitic birds find it out ; three eggs usually form 

 a dutch.— W. F] 



230. Emberizoides herbicola. 



Cola aguda encuentro amarillo Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 257. 

 no. ccxxx. (1805). 



Sylvia herbicola Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xi. p. 192 

 (1816 : Paraguay). 



Emberizoides sphenurus Berlepsch (nee Vieill.), J. f.O. 

 1887, p. 116 (Paraguay). 



Emberizoides herbicola Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. 

 p. 769. 



