98 Mr. C. H, B. Grant on Birds collected in Argentina, 



44. POOSPIZA PERSONATA. 



Poospiz a personal a Sharpe, Cat. B. xii. p. 640. 

 Poospiza nigroriifa Arg. Orn. i. p. 49. 



a, ^ ad. Los Ynglases, Ajo. Sept. 21, 1908. 



b. ? ad. „ „ Oct. 3, 1908. 

 c, d, e. S ad. „ „ Mar. 13, 1909. 



/. J yg. „ „ Feb. 3, 1910. 



g. ?ad. Bella Vista, N. Argentine. Nov. 12, 1909. 



Irides dark brown; bill, legs^ and toes sooty black. 



The September male is somewhat worn and very dark 

 above. 



The March birds are all moulting and their new dress is 

 more olive above than that of the breeding male ; one of them 

 is spotted below and is probably not yet fully adult. There 

 is a male in Miss Runnacles^ collection, taken at Ajo on 

 September 27th, which is much worn and very pale below 

 and thickly spotted on the under parts except the throat. 



The young male is moulting into the chestnut plumage, 

 and most of the new feathers have spots ; in its first plumage 

 it was apparently very similar to the adult female. 



The specimen from Bella Vista is rather pale and more 

 uniform greyish above than the others : it is undoubtedly a 

 male^ though it could not be dissected. 



This species is not very plentiful in the Ajo district, 

 where it is resident; it frequents, as a rule, the under- 

 growth in the woods and gardens. 



45. Poospiza melanoleuca. 



Poospiza melanoleuca Sharpe, Cat. B. xii. p. 638 ; Arg. 

 Orn. i. p. 52. 



a. ? ad. Pan de Azucar, Brazil. Sept. 17, 1909. 



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

 1909. 



Irides russet-brown ; bill black ; legs and toes purplish 

 brown. 



46. Brachyspiza pileata. 



Zonotrichia pileata Sharpe, Cat. B. xii. p. 610; Arg. Orn. 

 i. p. 58. 



