AVES FRINGILLID/E. 



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breast black, breast and flanks gray, middle of abdomen white, all these 

 parts with white or gray frosting formed by paler tips to the feathers which 

 are doubtless lost by abrasion ; under tail coverts gray and white, feet and 

 bill reddish in skin. 



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Fig. 406. Phrygilus fruticeti, cf 7570. About three quarters natural size. 



Female, 7993 P. U. O. C, Arroyo Eke, Patagonia, April 17, 1898 

 (A. E. Colburn), very different; ashy brown above with dark brown 

 centers to the feathers, becoming clear slate on the rump, the same color 

 showing on the back of the neck, a post-ocular streak gray, ear coverts 

 brown, wings edged with brown and showing two white bars ; under parts 

 gray, whiter on the throat and abdomen, sides, flanks and under tail cov- 

 erts strongly buff; breast speckled with brown. 



Geographical Range. — Bolivia, Peru, and Chili to Patagonia (Rio Negro, 

 Santa Cruz). 



Mr. Peters found this bird numerous at Huanuluan in late September, 

 October and November in flocks, characteristic of the thick bushes. The 

 flocks often contained as many as fifty birds, the same flock frequenting 

 the same locality. They seemed to feed entirely on green food. (Bull. 

 M. C. Z. Ixv. No. 9, p. 335.) 



Durnford found it breeding in the lower Chubut Valley. 



The Princeton expedition found this species at Arroyo Eke, April 17; 

 Upper Chico, March 24, and Rio Gallegos, May 31. 



