﻿new 
  Finch 
  from 
  Bolivia. 
  209 
  

  

  begins 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  and 
  ends 
  some 
  distance 
  behind 
  the 
  eye. 
  | 
  

   The 
  lores 
  and 
  the 
  remaining 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  

   the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  remaining 
  upper 
  parts, 
  the 
  1 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  and 
  the 
  exposed 
  portion 
  of 
  tiie 
  wings 
  and 
  

   the 
  tail 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  fine 
  dark 
  plumbeous 
  grey. 
  The 
  concealed 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  and 
  the 
  tail 
  are 
  blackish. 
  The 
  three 
  

   outer 
  pairs 
  of 
  tail-feathers 
  show 
  a 
  narrow 
  rufous- 
  white 
  

   margin 
  at 
  their 
  tips. 
  The 
  under 
  tail-eoverts 
  are 
  coloured 
  

   like 
  the 
  breast. 
  The 
  under 
  wing-coverts 
  and 
  the 
  metacarpus 
  

   are 
  plumbeous 
  grey 
  varied 
  with 
  rufous. 
  The 
  upper 
  mandible 
  

   is 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  under 
  mandible 
  is 
  plumbeous, 
  whitish 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle 
  portion. 
  The 
  feet 
  are 
  fleshy 
  brown. 
  

  

  This 
  fine 
  new 
  Finch 
  I 
  have 
  named 
  after 
  its 
  discoverer, 
  

   Mr. 
  Gustav 
  Garlepp, 
  of 
  Cothen, 
  Anhalt, 
  who 
  has 
  s})cnt 
  

   several 
  years 
  in 
  Bolivia 
  collecting 
  butterflies, 
  birds, 
  and 
  

   other 
  objects 
  of 
  natural 
  history. 
  His 
  collection 
  of 
  Bolivian 
  

   birds 
  embraces 
  about 
  2000 
  specimens, 
  and 
  among 
  them 
  arc 
  

   many 
  novelties. 
  Mr. 
  Garlepp, 
  who 
  has 
  recently 
  returned 
  to 
  

   Germany, 
  intends 
  to 
  recommence 
  his 
  researches 
  in 
  Bolivia 
  

   this 
  year, 
  and 
  Avill 
  doubtless 
  make 
  some 
  more 
  interesting 
  

   discoveries 
  in 
  that 
  little-known 
  country. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  glad 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  add 
  some 
  notes 
  respecting 
  the 
  

   habits 
  of 
  Compsospiza 
  garlcppi, 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Garlepp 
  has 
  

   kindly 
  forwarded 
  to 
  me. 
  lie 
  writes 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  On 
  the 
  road 
  from 
  Sta. 
  Cruz 
  de 
  la 
  Sierra 
  to 
  Cochabamba 
  

   one 
  crosses 
  the 
  Puna 
  — 
  that 
  is, 
  the 
  cold 
  region 
  of 
  pastures, 
  — 
  

   which 
  is 
  more 
  than 
  3000 
  metres 
  above 
  the 
  sea-level. 
  The 
  

   passage 
  through 
  this 
  region 
  takes 
  about 
  a 
  day^s 
  journey. 
  

   Nearly 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  this 
  hilly 
  district, 
  which 
  is 
  bounded 
  

   on 
  both 
  sides 
  by 
  two 
  parallel 
  ranges 
  of 
  the 
  Cordillera, 
  at 
  the 
  

   foot 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  and 
  higher 
  range, 
  where 
  a 
  small 
  stream 
  

   springs 
  from 
  a 
  deep 
  ravine, 
  but 
  still 
  in 
  the 
  plain, 
  the 
  village 
  

   of 
  ' 
  Vacas 
  ' 
  is 
  situated. 
  Here 
  I 
  stayed 
  from 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   August 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  September 
  1890, 
  and, 
  besides 
  other 
  

   acquisitions, 
  succeeded 
  in 
  procuring 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  

   consj)icuous 
  Finch. 
  

  

  *' 
  Vacas 
  is 
  about 
  12,000 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  sea-level. 
  On 
  the 
  

   plain 
  around 
  potatoes 
  and 
  barh^y 
  flourish, 
  but 
  the 
  clinuite 
  

  

  