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edge of the monte on October 25 was formed of sticks and 

 wool, and contained three eggs. 



The eggs are greenish white, mottled and speckled closely 

 with greenish brown, or brown ; in some cases the marks 

 are closest at the large end ; in others they are nearly confluent 

 all over. 



The song consists of five parts : a single note, a treble, two 

 double, and a short double note — thus : " twot, twe-ee-eow, 

 twe-eoiv, twe-eow, tive-eet." Some birds were in song all the 

 spring and summer. 



19. DoNACospizA ALBiFRONs. Long-tailcd Eeed Finch. 

 Not uncommon in open rush-grown spots in the Sauce and 



canadas. 



20. PoosPizA NiGRORUFA. Black-aud-chcstnut Warbling 

 Finch. 



Common and probably resident. I shot it as late as 22nd 

 March and observed it still later. Frequents monte and 

 thinly-wooded banks of rivers, and haunts by preference 

 the lower bare branches of the sarandi, a shrub which 

 loves the muddy edges and grows far out into the mud 

 and shallow water ; here the birds may generally be seen 

 creeping about rather like a Hedge-Sparrow or flitting from 

 stem to stem. Irides hazel ; bill and legs black. 



21. GuBERNATRix CRISTATELLA. YcUow Cardinal. 



I met with this fine bird in the Avild state only on one 

 occasion, namely on the 25th May, a day or two before I 

 came down to the coast, when, riding without a gun at the 

 edge of the monte in the rincon of the Arroyo Grande and 

 the Arroyo Ojosmin, I watched a pair at close quarters 

 in a tala bush. They are sprightly, handsome birds, and are 

 sometimes seen in cages. 



22. ZoNOTRiCHiA piLEATA. Chiugolo Soug-Sparrow. 



A very common bird about houses in the country, outskirts 

 of towns, among rocks, and in the monte — in fact everywhere 

 except in the bare camp and in the city. It nests in a great 

 variety of situations ; for instance, holes in walls (one I saw 



