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tail-feathers black ; below black, with minute grey marks on the throat and 

 bosom ; sides dull grey : total length 5'5 inches, wing 2-9, tail 2'2. 



Hab. Bolivia, Argentina, and Patagonia. 



This species is said to be about one third less than Phrygilus fruticeti 

 in size, but to resemble it closely in colour. Dr. During found it 

 abundant in Patagonia between the rivers Colorado and Negro, where it 

 was seen during the cold season in flocks, associating with Zonotrichia cani- 

 capilla. Burmeister met with it in the Sierra de Uspallata, near Mendoza. 



72. GUBERNATEIX CEISTATELLA (Vieill.). 

 (YELLOW CARDINAL.) 



Gubernatrix cristatella, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 482 (Parana) ; Scl. et Salv. 

 Nomend. p. 31 ; White, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 38 (Cordova) ; Barrows, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Cl. viii. p. 130 (Conception, Entrerios). 



Description. Above light olive-green, the back marked with a few black 

 stripes ; four middle tail-feathers black, edged with olive, all the rest of the tail- 

 feathers bright yellow, tipped with dull olive ; broad superciliaries and lower 

 part of the head bright yellow ; crown, crest, and throat velvet-black, the black 

 extending to the chest ; beneath yellow, washed with olive-green on the breast 

 and sides ; bill and feet black : total length 8'0 inches, wing 3-8, tail 3-7. 

 Female less brightly coloured ; white on the head where the male is yellow ; 

 breast grey. 



Hab. Paraguay and Argentine Republic. 



The Yellow Cardinal is a graceful sprightly bird, with a strong melo- 

 dious voice, and is one of our favourite cage-birds. It visits Buenos 

 Ayres in small flocks in spring, but is a rare bird with us. There is 

 little variety in its song, which is composed of four or five mellow notes of 

 great power, and in tone somewhat like the whistle of the Blackbird of 

 Europe. 



73. DIUCA GRISEA (Less.). 

 (DIUCA FINCH.) 



Diuca vera, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 483 (Mendoza). Diuca grisea, Scl. 

 et Salv. Nomend. p. 31. 



Description. Above grey, sides of head darker ; wings and tail blackish, edged 

 with grey ; lateral rectrices tipped with white ; below grey, whole chin and 

 throat and middle of the belly white ; lower flanks and crissum stained with 

 rufous ; bill plumbeous ; feet dark hazel : whole length 6-3 inches, wing 3-3, 

 tail 2'6. Female similar, but tinged with brownish, and colours more obscure. 



Hab. Chili and Western Argentina. 



