AVES FRINGILLID^. 



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Fully fledged young (Punta Arenas, December 26, 1897) are streaked 

 above tawny brown and black, edges of secondaries reddish brown ; below 

 buffy white, heavily spotted with dull black, except center of throat and 

 abdomen and under tail coverts. 



Geographical 7?^?;/^^.— Patagonia ; Rio Negro to Straits of Magellan. 



Fig. 401. Brachyspiza capensis canicapilla, cT, 7501. About three quarters natural size. 



M. J. Nichol says : "This Finch is very common at Punta Arenas, where 

 I found it amongst the barberry-bushes. The adult obtained on Jan. 30th 

 was in full moult." (Ibis, Jan. 1904, p. 42.) 



Mr. Peters found it an abundant resident in northern Patagonia from 

 San Antonio on the coast to Huanuluan. Nesting began late in Novem- 

 ber, eggs 2 to 3 in a bulky nest lined with feathers and placed in a small 

 bush. (Bull. M. C. Z. Ixv. No. 9, p. 334.) 



It was found abundantly by the Princeton Expedition at Punta Arenas, 

 December 12-26, when a series of both adults and juvenal birds was se- 

 cured. Near the headwaters of the Chico fresh plumaged specimens were 

 obtained in March, while those from Cape Fairweather and Mt. Tigre, July 

 and August respectively, are somewhat bleached. 



Brachyspiza capensis choraules Wetmore and Peters. 



Brachyspiza capensis choraules Wetmore and Peters, Proc. Biol. Soc. 



Wash. Vol. 35, 1922, p. 44 (Gobernacion de Rio Negro, Argentina). 



Description. — Adult male, 284136 Biol. Survey Colin., U. S. Dept. of 



Agriculture, General Roca, Rio Negro, Argentina, November 23, 1920, 



