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throat, chest, under surface of the shoulders, abdomen, and under tail-coverts 

 briglit yellow : bill and feet brown. 



Habitat, Maldonado {May), and Valparaiso {September). 



Near Maldonado, I saw very large flocks of this species feeding on the open 

 grassy plains. When the whole flock rises, these birds utter a low but shrill chirp. 

 In Chile J obtained only one specimen. 



Sub-Fam.— EMBERIZIN^. 

 1. Emberiza gubernatrix. Tcmm. 



Emberiza gubernatrix, Temm., PI. Col. 63 & 64. 



cristata, Sicains, Zool. 111. pi. 148. 



cristatella, Vieill. Gal. des Ois. pi. 67. 



Yellow crested grosbeak, Lath. Hist. 

 La huppe jaune, Azara, No. 129. 



My specimen was procured on the banks of the Parana, near Santa Fe, in 

 latitude 31° S. 



2. Emberiza luteoventris. G. R. Gray. 



Fringilla luteoYcntris, Meyen, Nov. Act. 1880, pi. 12. f. 3. 



This bird was procured at Santa Cruz, in Southern Patagonia ; it was rare 

 there. 



Chrvsometris campestris. Gould. 



Fringilla canlpes^tris, Spix. Avium Nov. Sp. ii. p. 47, pi. 59. f. 3. $ 



C. Mas: olivacetis; dorsi plumis singulis flavo marginatis, uropygii prcBsertim ; vertice, 

 guld, alis caudaque nigris, alis caudcique /;Zm5 minusve Jiavo-marginatis ; capitis 

 laterihus corporeque infra lathjiavis. 



Long. tot. 4 unc. 1 1 lin. ; rost. 5 lin. ; alw, 2| ; caudcv, 2^ ; tarsi, 7 lin. 



Male ; olivaceous, with each feather of the back margined with yellow, especially 

 on the rump; the top of the head, throat, wings and tail, black, the two latter 

 margined more or less with yellow ; the sides of the head and beneath the 

 body bright yellow. 



Habitat, forests of Tierra del Fuego {February), Valparaiso {September). 



