﻿of 
  Estancia 
  Sta. 
  Elena. 
  485 
  

  

  certainly 
  a 
  youug 
  example 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  Avhicli 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  

   previously 
  met 
  ^vith 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  Argentina. 
  — 
  P. 
  L. 
  S.] 
  

  

  5. 
  Catamexia 
  axalis 
  (Arg. 
  Oru. 
  i. 
  p. 
  57). 
  

  

  Rare^ 
  arriving 
  in 
  November. 
  Iiis 
  hazel. 
  It 
  inhabits 
  

   the 
  weeds 
  and 
  trees, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  shy 
  disposition. 
  It 
  

   feeds 
  chiefly 
  on 
  grass-seeds, 
  and 
  in 
  its 
  flight 
  closely 
  

   resembles 
  Chrysomitris 
  icterica, 
  for 
  -svhich, 
  in 
  a 
  bad 
  light, 
  

   it 
  might 
  be 
  easily 
  mistaken. 
  

  

  [Mr. 
  Holland 
  sends 
  examples 
  of 
  both 
  sexes 
  of 
  this 
  Finch, 
  

   which 
  is 
  new 
  to 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  Ai'gentina. 
  In 
  the 
  short 
  

   description 
  in 
  ' 
  Argentine 
  Ornithology 
  ' 
  the 
  white 
  wing-spot 
  

   is 
  not 
  mentioned. 
  — 
  P. 
  L. 
  S.] 
  

  

  6. 
  Leistes 
  superciliaris 
  (Arg. 
  Orn. 
  i. 
  p. 
  108). 
  

  

  On 
  November 
  the 
  20th, 
  when 
  I 
  was 
  chasing 
  deer, 
  I 
  came 
  

   across 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  with 
  its 
  primaries 
  and 
  

   secondaries 
  of 
  both 
  wings 
  pure 
  white. 
  It 
  had 
  a 
  very 
  striking 
  

   appearance 
  with 
  its 
  red 
  breast, 
  black 
  body, 
  and 
  white 
  wings. 
  

   It 
  was 
  amongst 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  and 
  in 
  all 
  other 
  

   respects 
  was 
  similar. 
  I 
  induced 
  the 
  " 
  peones 
  " 
  to 
  try 
  to 
  

   ''bolear^^ 
  it, 
  but 
  without 
  success, 
  and 
  next 
  day 
  it 
  had 
  dis- 
  

   appeared 
  from 
  the 
  spot. 
  

  

  7. 
  Alectrurus 
  risorius 
  (Arg. 
  Orn. 
  i. 
  p. 
  123). 
  

   Plentiful 
  everywhere, 
  arriving 
  in 
  September 
  and 
  departing 
  

  

  in 
  February. 
  The 
  males 
  an-ive 
  first 
  and 
  the 
  females, 
  along 
  

   with 
  their 
  last 
  yearns 
  young, 
  soon 
  afterwards. 
  These 
  young- 
  

   birds 
  at 
  first 
  closely 
  resemble 
  each 
  other, 
  but 
  the 
  males 
  soon 
  

   change, 
  first 
  one 
  bare 
  tail-feather 
  for 
  a 
  webbed 
  one, 
  then 
  

   the 
  other; 
  nest 
  the 
  black 
  ring 
  appears 
  on 
  the 
  breast, 
  but 
  the 
  

   plumage 
  otherwise 
  remains 
  brownish. 
  The 
  old 
  male 
  courts 
  

   his 
  mate, 
  who 
  perches 
  on 
  a 
  tali 
  weed 
  or 
  grass-stalk, 
  by 
  flying 
  

   round 
  her 
  in 
  small 
  circles, 
  but 
  keeping 
  on 
  her 
  level, 
  in 
  a 
  

   perfectly 
  upright 
  position, 
  having 
  his 
  tail 
  and 
  head 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  straight 
  line 
  and 
  the 
  wings 
  fluttering 
  at 
  a 
  great 
  pace, 
  

   with 
  his 
  breast 
  always 
  facing 
  the 
  female. 
  The 
  male 
  also 
  

   occasionally 
  takes 
  an 
  upward 
  flight 
  much 
  resembling 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  

   butterfly, 
  with 
  tail 
  closed 
  and 
  elevated 
  on 
  ascending, 
  bur 
  

   slightly 
  expanded 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  vanes 
  incliiicd 
  inwards 
  nu 
  

  

  