596 MR. E. W. WHITE ON BIRDS [Juiie 20, 



high lip that I could not mark any difference between it and numbers 

 of Progne tapera flying about. 



It is the only one of this species that I have seen in Buenos Aires. 



19. HiRUNDO LEUCORRHOA, Vieill. 



c?. Santo Tome, Corrientes, Arg. Rep., May 16, 1881. 



Iris dark. 



I found this species very abundant near Santo Tome ; my specimen 

 I obtained when numbers of them were flying over a small lagoon 

 close to the river Itacua. 



20. Atticora cyanoleuca (Vieill.). 



c?. Salto, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Oct. 18, 1881. 



$ . Catamarca, Aug. 5, 1880. 



This pretty little bird is found abundantly distributed over the 

 campos. It builds its nest within the burrows of the Biscacha {Lago- 

 stomus trichodactylus) ; and half a dozen more may be seen at a time 

 flying round their holes. 



21. CoTiLE FUCATA (Tcmm.). 



c?. Santo Tome, Corrientes, Arg. Rep., May 16, 1881. 

 Iris dark. 



Several of these birds I saw flying about with the Hirundo leu- 

 corrhoa near the Itacua. 



22. EuPHONiA CHLOROTiCA (Linn.). 



S . Concepcion, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 28, 1881. 



5 . Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Sept. 20, 1880. 



Iris dark. 



At Concepcion, in the old Jesuit ruins, I saw three or four of these 

 pretty little birds on a giant cactus some 40 or .^0 feet bigh, where 

 they were busy pecking the ripe pear-like fruit. I obtained one 

 male and two females ; but they were not common. 



23. Tan AGRA striata (Gra.). 



(f . Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Sept. 10, 1880. 



$ . Punta Lara, B. Aires, Arg. Rep., Feb. 24, 1881. 



Iris brown. 



I bave found this bird distributed over nearly all the Republic. 

 I obtained a specimen of this bird the feathers of which in the left 

 wing were in a peculiar abnormal condition. 



24. Tanagra sayaca, Wied. 



cJ. Oran, Salta, Arg. Rep., Nov. 18, 1880. 

 2. „ . „ Nov. 12, 1880. 



S . Punta Lara, B. Aires, Arg. Rep., Feb. 23, 1881. 

 Iris sepia. 



This species is also common over most of the Republic. In Oran 

 they are found abundantly in the orange-groves, and utter usually 

 only a few low notes that are very misleading as to their where- 



