166 Mr. A. H. Holland on the Birds 



XIV. — Field-Notes on the Birds of the Estancia Sta. Elena, 

 Argentine Republic. — Part IV. ^ By A. H. Holland. 

 With Remarks by P. L. Sclater. 



[Mr. Holland's field-notes on the present occasion relate 

 to 15 species. I have carefully examined the specimens, 

 and append remarks where they are required. As will be 

 observed, the Cormorants of Argentina still want further 

 attention before we can make them out, — P. L. S.] 



1. MiMUs TRiuRus (Vieill.). (Arg. Orn. i. p. 8.) 



I found this species breeding here last year (1895) in 

 November. The nests were placed in thistle plants, some 

 three feet off the ground, and composed of roots, twigs, and 

 hay, lined with fine grass and a few hairs. The eggs are 

 three in number, long in shape, of a pale bluish green, 

 uniformly covered with minute spots of pale rust and faint 

 purple-grey. 



2. Phrygilus carbonarius (d'Orb. et Laf r.) . (Arg, Orn. 

 i. p. 54.) 



Male, Oct. 13th, 1895. Legs straw-colour; beak yellow; 

 iris brown. 



This, I believe, is P. carbonarius. It was with a flock of 

 Chingolos, and probably had stayed to rest while migrating 

 south. 



[This is the only specimen of Phrygilus carbonarius I 

 have seen, except the single example in the Brit, Mus., with 

 which I have compared it. See B. M. C, xii, p, 791. — 

 P. L. S.] 



3. ZoNOTRicHiA HYPOCHONDRIA (d'Orb. ct Laf r.) . (Arg. 

 Orn. i. p. 60.) 



Female, Oct, 3rd, 1895. Legs brown; iris hazel; beak 

 horn-colour, under bill slate-colour. 



I found this bird feeding on the ground along the edge of 

 some slight undergrowth of willows in company with several 



* See Part I., Bis, 1893, p. 483 ; Part II., Ibis, 1896, p. 213 ; and Part 

 III., Ibis, 1896, p. 316. 



