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67. PHRYGILUS CANICEPS (Burm.). 

 (GREY-HEADED FINCH.) 



Phrygilus caniceps, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 487 ; Dumford, Ibis, 1878, 

 p. 393 (Chupat) ; Barrows, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Cl. viii. p. 130 (Sierra de la 

 Ventana). 



Description. Above, head, neck, wing- and upper tail-coverts grey ; back 

 olivaceous yellow, washed with red ; wing and tail-feathers black, edged with 

 grey ; beneath, throat grey, breast and belly orange-yellow ; crissum and under 

 tail-coverts white ; bill horn-colour ; feet light brown : whole length 6-8 inches, 

 wing 3-6, tail 2-9. 



Hob. Argentina. 



Of this species, discovered by Dr. Burmeister near Mendoza, Mr. 

 Barrows writes : " Only met with on the Sierra de la Ventana, where it 

 was abundant in flocks, some of which numbered as many as a hundred 

 individuals. When found near the base of the sierra they were almost 

 always associated with the common Zonotrichia. Although most of 

 them had not finished moulting, they were constantly singing, and 

 seemed perfectly contented with their desolate surroundings/* 



68. PHRYGILUS DORSALIS, Cab. 



(RED-BACKED FINCH.) 

 Phrygilus dorsalis, Cab. Journ.f. Orn. 1883, p. 109. 



Description. Ashy grey ; back rusty red ; wing-coverts blackish ; chin, lower 

 belly, and crissum whitish : whole length 6'5 inches, wing 3-7, tail 2'6. 



Hab. Tucuman. 



Schulz discovered this species on the Cerro Vayo of Tucuman, near 

 the snow-line. It reminds one of the North- American species of Junco 

 in its coloration. 



69. PHRYGILUS UNICOLOR (d'Orb. et Lafr.). 

 (SLATY FINCH.) 



Phrygilus unicolor, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 31; Cab. J.f. O. 1878, p. 195 

 (Cordova). Phrygilus msticus, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 487 (Mendoza). 



Description. Above nearly uniform slaty grey, below paler, whiter on the 

 middle of the belly ; bill dark horn-colour, feet clear brown : whole length 6'0 

 inches, wing 3'6, tail 2-6. Female cinereous, with blackish shaft-spots above 

 and below ; paler on the middle of the belly. 



Hab. Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; Chili, Bolivia, and 

 Northern Argentina. 



