830 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS: ZOOLOGY. 



Anthus furcatus furcatus d'Orbigny and Lafresnay. 



Anthtts furcatits d'Orbigny and Lafresnay, Syn. Av. Mag. de Zool. 1836, 

 p. 27 (Patagonia). 



Descnption. — Adult male, 8788 P. U. O. C, La Plata, Argentina, June 

 1896. Total length, 6.00 inches; wing, 3.00; culmen, .40; tail, 2.30; 

 tarsus, .88. Above sandy brown with a cinnamon tinge on head, neck, back 

 and rump feathers which are centered with dull blackish brown, while those 

 of the interscapulum have whitish edges ; wings and tail dull blackish brown, 

 with pale edgings, outermost rectrices largely white with a dusky streak on 

 the outer web near the tip, next pair with a white line just inside the shaft ; 

 below, white with a strong ochraceous buff tinge across the breast, the 

 feathers of breast and sides with dull blackish spots. Hind claw some- 

 what curved, equal to or shorter than the toe. A much duller bird than 

 A. coyrendera with shorter hind claw, smaller bill and with a cinnamon 

 tint above in contrast to the yellow-ochraceous tone of the latter. 



Geographical Range. — Bolivia and Peru through Argentina to northern 

 Patagonia (Huanuluan and El Escorial — Peters). 



Not seen by the Princeton Expedition. 



Family Fringillid^. 



Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. xii. p. i (1888) ; Hand List Birds, v. p. 188 

 (1909). 



Genus SPINUS Koch. 



Spinus Koch, Syst. Baier. Zool., p. 233 (1816). Type Fringilla spinus 

 Linnaeus. 



Spinus barbatus (Molina). 



Fringilla barbata Molina, Sagg. St. Nat. Chil. p. 249 (1782) (Chili). 

 fChrysoniitris magellanicns Darwin, Voy. Beagle, Birds, p. 97 (1841) 

 (Maldonado.; Rio Negro). 

 Description. — Adult male, 7672 P. U. O. C, Punta Arenas, Chili, De- 

 cember 23, 1897, J. B. Hatcher. Total length, 5.00 inches; wing, 2.90; 

 culmen, .35; tail, 2.00; tarsus, .70. Whole crown black, rest of upper 

 parts olive green with dusky centers to the feathers, rump clear greenish 

 yellow, below greenish yellow with a black throat patch reaching onto the 

 upper breast, lower abdomen and under tail coverts white, the latter streaked 

 with black ; crissum bright yellow ; wings black with a bright yellow band 



