64 FRINGILLID.E. 



blackish, edged with pale brown ; beneath pale ochaceous brown, white on the 

 throat and middle of the belly ; bill and feet pale horn-colour : whole length 

 8-0 inches, wing 3*1, tail 4-0. 



Hob. Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina. 



Burmeister met with this species near Parana and in other parts of 

 Northern Argentina. 



86. HJEMOPHILA WHITII (Sharpe). 

 (WHITE'S GROUND-FINCH.) 



Zonotrichia whitii, Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 608, pi. xiii. Zonotrichia strigi- 

 ceps, White, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 38 (Cordova). 



Description. Above, head and neck grey, variegated with dark chestnut; 

 back yellowish brown with black stripes ; wings and tail blackish, the feathers 

 edged with pale brown ; beneath, throat and belly white, breast pale grey ; sides 

 yellowish brown ; bill dark horn-colour, lower mandible whitish ; feet light horn- 

 colour : whole length 6'0 inches, wing 2'5, tail 2-8. 



Hob. Northern Argentina. 



This species has been based by Mr. Sharpe on a specimen, obtained by 

 White near Cordova, which was wrongly determined as Zonotrichia 

 striyiceps a species that it somewhat resembles in its upper plumage. 



87. CHRYSOMITRIS ICTERICA (Licht.). 

 (BLACK-HEADED SISKIN.) 



Chrysomitris barbata, Scl et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 140 (Buenos Ayres) ; 

 Durnford, Ibis, 1877, p. 172 (Buenos Ayres) ; White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 600 

 (Catamarca, Misiones) ; Doring, Exp. al Rio Negro, Zool. p. 40 (R. Sauce, 

 R. Colorado, R. Negro) ; Barrows, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Cl. viii. p. 132 (Concep- 

 cion). Chrysomitris magellanica, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 489; 

 Gibson, Ibis, 1880, p. 30 (Buenos Ayres) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1880, p. 355 (Salta). 

 Chrysomitris icterica, Sharpe, Cat. B. xii. p. 217. 



Description. Above light olive-green ; lesser wing-coverts same as the back ; 

 wings black, a broad bright yellow band across the base of the feathers ; rump 

 yellow ; upper tail-coverts olive-green ; tail-feathers yellow at the base and 

 black at the ends ; head all round and throat velvety black ; beneath and under 

 wing-coverts bright yellow: total length 5'0 inches, wing 3-0, tail 1-8. Female 

 without the black on the head, otherwise similar to the male, but less bright. 



Hab. Brazil and Argentina. 



This beautiful little golden-plumaged Finch, the male distinguished 

 from his consort by a brighter yellow colour and a black head, is ex- 

 tremely common throughout the entire length of the Argentine country 



