48 FRINGILLKME. 



55. PAROARIA CAPITATA (d'Orb. et Lafr.). 

 (LESSER CARDINAL FINCH.) 



Paroaria capitata, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 482 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 30 ; 

 White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 598. 



Description. Above black ; head bright scarlet, the black and red divided by 

 white, crescent-shaped marks on the neck, narrowing to a point on the nape ; 

 throat black, the black extending downward to the chest ; below white ; bill 

 and feet yellowish horn-colour : total length 6-6 inches, wing 3'0, tail 2'6. 



Hab. Paraguay and Bolivia. 



Dr. Burmeister tells us this species is not uncommon near Parana, 

 where it occurs in small flocks on the river-bank, and is often seen on 

 the stones at the river's edge. 



56. CORYPHOSPINGUS CRISTATUS (Gm.). 

 (RED-CRESTED FINCH.) 



Coryphospingus cristatus, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 30 ; Salvin, Ibis, 1880, 

 p. 354 (Salta) ; White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 598 (Salta). 



Description. Above black, washed with red ; rump crimson ; wing- and tail- 

 feathers black ; forehead black ; crest vivid scarlet ; whole under surface fine 

 crimson : total length 5'5 inches, wing 2'6, tail 2-3. Female above brown, 

 with scarlet tinge on the rump; beneath salmon-colour, whitish on the 

 throat. 



Hab. Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Northern Ar- 

 gentina. 



Both Durnford and White obtained specimens of this bird in the 

 province of Salta ; White's examples were met with in open country, 

 dotted with thickets of low brushwood, to which the bird resorts. 



57. LOPHOSPINGUS PUSILLUS (Burm.). 

 (DARK-CRESTED FINCH.) 



Lophospiza pusilla, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 483. Lophospingus 

 pusillus, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 195 (Cordova). Coryphospingus 

 pusillus, Salv. Ibis, 1880, p. 354, pi. ix. fig. 1 (Tucuman). 



Description. Above grey ; sides of head and crest blackish ; broad supercili- 

 aries white ; wings blackish, edged with whitish grey ; tail blackish, lateral 

 rectrices with broad white tips ; beneath greyish white, clearer on the throat 

 and middle of the belly ; bill dark horn-colour ; lower mandible whitish j feet 

 pale brown : whole length 5-0 inches, wing 2'5 t tail 2*4. 

 Hab. Northern Argentina. 



