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The young are browner than the old birds on leaving the 

 nest, which colour they retain for some time, especially the 

 females. 



The usual chirrup of the cock is like that of our House- 

 Sparrow, but he outdoes the latter in attaining to a song 

 in the summer. The song consists of a succession of loud 

 clear notes, rather uneven in harmony and abrupt ; but though 

 it cannot be classed with the performances of other Finches, 

 still it is constantly uttered in a cheerfully boisterous manner, 

 which does a great deal towards enlivening some Chilian 

 localities, where the singing birds are few. This bird is 

 easily kept in cages, and ought to breed regularly in an 

 aviary. 



11. ZONOTRICHIA PILEATA (Bodd.) . 



Zonotrichia pileata, Sharpe, B. M. C. xii. p. 610; Sclater, 

 P.Z.S. 1891, p. 133. 



(Tarapaca and Arauco.) 



This familiar species appears to have an extremely wide 

 range In the province of Tarapaca I found it plen- 

 tiful at Pica and Canchones, and heard that it occurred at 

 similar oases a little further north. In the central provinces 

 it is abundant everywhere, especially on the coast, and I 

 found it equally numerous all through the south as far as I 

 went. 



When going from Valparaiso to Buenos Ayres, I met with 

 it on both sides of the Andes to a considerable height (on 

 the Chilian side past Mendoza, and on the other at Puente 

 de la Vaca), at least where stations occur, as it prefers the 

 vicinity of human dwellings. I subsequently found it plen- 

 tiful about Buenos Ayres. Its general name all through 

 Chili is " Chincol,^'' often expressed in the diminutive, 

 " Chincolita," and sometimes in southern provinces pro- 

 nounced " Chingol.^^ The sexes are similar. 



On the central coast this is the commonest species 

 observed, but inland the Diuca Finch is still more numerous. 

 The Chincol is a very homely bird, and will be seen hopping 

 about the door of the finest dwelling-house as well as the 



