96 i\rr, C. H. B. Grant on Birds collected in Argentina, 



a, b, c. (^ juv. Los Ynglases, Ajo. April 19, 1909. 



Iris dark hrown ; bill horu-coloured, yellowish at gape and 

 base of under mandible ; legs and toes black. 



d, e. c? $ ad. Los Ynglases, Ajo. Jan. 1910. 



Iris hazel; bill greenish pearl ; legs and toes blackish. 

 /. ? ad. Colonia Mihanovitch, N. Argentine. Nov. 5, 

 1909. 



ff. ^ ad. Near Santa Elena, N. Argentine. Nov. 15, 



1909. 



Iris hazel ; bill pearly grey, yellovrish on the cutting- 

 edges ; legs and toes purplish brown. 



During the autumn of 1909 a few of these little Finches 

 frequented the garden at Los Ynglases, but I did not see any 

 old males. 



Later in 1909 and in the beginning of 1910 they were again 

 seen, this time both old males and females, and two nests 

 were found in the garden. 



40. Paroaria cucullata. 



Paroaria cucullata Sharpe, Cat. B. xii. p. 809, pi. xvi. 

 fig. 1 ; Arg. Orn. i. p. 47. 



a, (J ad. Los Ynglases, Ajo. Sept. 12, 1908. 



Iris hazel ; bill livid ; legs and toes sooty black. 



h. ? juv. Los Ynglases, Ajo. Nov. 12, 1908. 



c. ? ad.; d, e. J imm. Los Ynglases, Ajo. Jan. 1909. 



/. (^ ad; g,h. ? ad. et imm. Los Ynglases, Ajo. Feb. 

 1909. 



i. ? juv. Los Ynglases, Ajo. March 5, 1909. 



j, 1-- c? ? juv. Bahia Negra, Alto Paraguay. Oct. 19, 

 1909. 



This is the only Cardinal found in the Ajo district, where 

 it is quite plentiful; but very few were observed on the river 

 expedition. The only records that I have of seeing it are at 

 Puerto Maria on Sept. 13th and IGth and at Puerto Olimpo 

 on the 21st of the same mouth. Everywhere it is quite 

 tame, and it makes a delightful cage-bird. 



The nest is a thin open structure of hair and can be seen 

 through from below, whdc two eggs is the most I have taken, 

 though this cannot be the full clutch. 



