50 FRINGILLID^E. 



conspicuous straw-coloured line above the eye. Its voice also, in purity 

 and sweetness of tone, is not unlike that of the Robin ; but the song, 

 composed of six unvarying notes, is uttered in a deliberate, business-like 

 manner at regular intervals, and is monotonous. Never more than 

 two birds are seen together ; they feed on the ground in humid situa- 

 tions, the male frequently seeking a perch to sing. The nest is made 

 on the ground, or in a close bush near the surface ; the eggs have a pale 

 bluish ground-colour, irregularly marked with black and very dark 

 brown spots, and in some instances clouded with faint grey. 



60. POOSPIZA WHITII, Scl. 

 (WHITE'S WARBLING FINCH.) 

 Poospiza whitii, Scl. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 43, pi. ix. 



Description. Above clear grey, very faintly washed with olive ; tail black, 

 the outer feathers on each side tipped with white, as in P. erythroplirys patch 

 between bill and eye, the anterior half of superciliary stripe, and chin white ; 

 hinder part of superciliary stripe and under surface chestnut ; middle of belly 

 white; under tail-coverts buff: total length 5'5 inches, wing 2'4, tail 2' 6. 

 Female similar, but breast pale rufous ; abdomen white ; sides grey and buff. 



Hab. Province of Cordova, Rep. Arg. 



This species has only been obtained by the late Mr. E. W. White. 

 He met with specimens of it at Cosquin, Cordova, in June, July, and 

 August, 1882. It has been dedicated to its discoverer, who has so 

 largely augmented our knowledge of the Argentine avifauna, and whose 

 premature death was a veritable loss for science. 



61. POOSPIZA EEYTHROPHRYS, Scl. 

 (RED-BROWED WARBLING FINCH.) 



Poospiza erythrophrys, Scl. Ibis, 1881, p. 599, pi. xvii. fig. 1 j White, P. Z. S. 

 1882, p. 599 (Catamarca). 



Description. Above grey, faintly washed with olive ; greater wing- coverts 

 tipped with white ; wing-feathers blackish, edged with grey ; tail blackish grey, 

 the two outer feathers on each side tipped with white, and on the outer feather 

 the white extending down the outer web to the base of the tail ; superciliary 

 stripe and whole under surface light chestnut, paler on the abdomen ; under 

 tail-coverts buff: total length 5-5 inches, wing 25, tail 2-3. 



Hab. Northern Argentina. 



This pretty species is another of White's discoveries. He first met 



