] 72 Mr. H. Durnford on the Birds of 



tudinal strealvs. Generally seen in pairs in tlie winter. Beak 

 black ; legs and feet dark yellowish brown. 



21. ZoNOTRicHiA PiLEATA (Bodd.) ; Scl. ct Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1868, p. 139. 



Occurs abundantly everywhere^ both in town and country. 

 Very common at Baradero in April, I stated in my last 

 communication that four eggs was the number usually laid ; 

 I should have said five. 



22. Embernagra platensis (Gm.) ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1868, p. 140. 



Resident and common here and up the Parana to Baradero. 

 Its favourite resort is thick reed-beds. Its flight. is laboured, 

 and its tail so long that it droops, giving one the idea of being 

 too heavy for it. A few at Baradero in April. 



23. Chrysomitris barbata (Mol.) ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1868, p. 140. 



Observed from the beginning of September to the end of 

 May. They are generally seen in flocks, and in the neigh- 

 bourhood of trees or low scrub. They have a habit of hang- 

 ing, Tit-like, from a twig. Their food consists of small seeds, 

 and, judging from their fondness for the large thistle, chiefly 

 of the seed of that plant. 



24. Sycalis luteola (Sparrm.) ; Scl. Ibis, 1872, p. 44. 

 Resident and generally distributed, usually living on the 



ground, and in the winter going in enormous flocks ; on these 

 occasions, when they all rise at once, the noise of their wings 

 is like the rustling breeze. The flocks are composed of both 

 sexes, and move in a northerly direction during the cold 

 weather, though they never entirely leave us. The female 

 is less brightly attired than the male; and the young at 

 first resemble the female. The males are much valued as 

 songsters. 



25. Sycalis pelzelni, Sclater, Ibis, 1872, p. 42. 

 Resident. This bird is readily distinguishable from the 



last mentioned by its superior size ; and the males can always 

 be identified by their bright orange foreheads ; the females 



