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79. ZONOTRICHIA STRIGICEPS, Gould. 

 (STRIPE-HEADED SONG-SPARROW.) 



Zonotrichia strigiceps, Burm. La-Plata Eeise, ii. p. 486 (Parana, Santa Fe") ; 

 8cl. et Salv. Nomencl p. 31 j Scl. Ibis, 1877, p. 47, pi. 1. fig. 2. 



Description. Above light brownish grey, striped with black ; centre of crown 

 ash-grey, under the grey a broad rufous stripe, beneath which is a narrow grey 

 superciliary stripe; behind the eye a rufous mark; beneath, throat white, 

 breast pale grey ; sides and belly yellowish grey ; middle of belty white : whole 

 length 6-2 inches, wing 2-6, tail 2-6. 



Hob. Argentina and Patagonia. 



80. ZONOTRICHIA HYPOCHONDRIA (d'Orb. et Lafr.). 

 (RED-FLANKED SONG-SPARROW.) 



Emberiza hypochondria, d'Orb. Toy., Ois. p. 361, t. 45. fig. 1. Zonotrichia 

 hypochondria, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 486 (Mendoza). 



Description. Brownish grey, head darker ; superciliaries white ; wings 

 brownish black, edged with greyish rufous ; tail brownish black, four external 

 pairs of rectrices with a long white mark on the inner web, the outer pair with 

 the outer web also margined with white ; beneath, throat and neck white ; sides 

 of head, mystacal line, neck and breast-band plumbeous ; belly dirty white ; 

 flanks chestnut : whole length 6-0 inches, wing 2-8, tail 2'0. 



Hob. Bolivia and Western Argentina. 



Prof. Burmeister, who met with this species near Mendoza, says it is 

 a true Zonotrichia, and not a Poospiza, as sometimes considered. 



81. COTURNICULUS PERUANUS (Bp.). 

 (YELLOW-SHOULDERED SONG-SPARROW.) 



Coturniculus manimbe, Burm. La-Plata Reise } ii. p. 486 (Parana) ; White, 

 P. Z. S. 1882, p. 600 (Corrientes) ; Donna, Exp. al Rio Negro, Zool p. 40 

 (R. Colorado) ; Barrows, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Cl. viii. p. 131 (Concepcion). 

 Coturniculus peruanus, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 32. 



Description. Above grey, mottled with rufous-brown ; wing-feathers black, 

 edged with rufous ; tail-feathers black, edged with dull grey ; a patch between 

 the bill and eye and the shoulders bright yellow ; beneath, throat whitish ; 

 breast and belly and sides dull grey, white on the middle of the belly ; bill and 

 feet horn-eolour : whole length 4-9 inches, wing 2-4, tail 1-9. Female similar, 

 but less bright, the yellow spot on the head scarcely perceptible. 



Hab. Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. 



