598 MR. E. W. ■WHITE ON BIRDS [Juue 20, 



31. Saltator aurantiirostris, Vieill. 



cS . Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Sept. 8, 1880. 



2 . Oran, Salta, Arg. Rep., Nov, 9, 1880. 

 Iris sepia. 

 Not uncommon at Andalgala. 



32. Pheucticus aureiventris (Lafr. et d'Orb.). 



c? $. Campo Santo, Salta, Arg. Rep., Nov. 29, 1880. 

 Iris sepia. 



I saw three or four of these birds about, and shot a brace, in the 

 dense and lofty forest on the banks of the Mojotoro. 



33. Guiraca cyanea (Linn.). 



c? . Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Sept. 22, 1880. 



2' „ „ „ Sept. 8, 1880. 



Iris brown. 



Not uncommon around Andalgala in hedges and thickets. The 

 male is of a deep blue, and the female a drab. 



34<. Spermophila c^rulescens, Vieill. 



S . Flores, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Nov. 26, 1881. 



$. „ „ „ Dec. 15, 1881. 



Iris dark brown. 



This bird, which is very quick in its movements, builds a very 

 delicate little nest, of a deep but very round cup-shape, formed of 

 interlaced horsehair, so open and thin as to be seen through. It is 

 abundant in the orchard trees around Buenos Aires, but sometimes 

 may be seen pendent from maize-stalks. It is possessed of a nice 

 song, and breeds very late, indeed quite up to the beginning of 

 autumn. It lays three eggs in a clutch, of a pale bluish-green, 

 mottled with small sepia blotches and spots, which, occurring more 

 thickly in a central band, leave the ends somewhat free. 



Meas. : axis 18 millim., diam. 13 millim. 



35. Paroaria cucullata (Lath.). 



cJ. Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Dec. 5, 1881. 



A tolerably common bird in the upper Riverine provinces ; and 

 much kept as a cage-bird in Buenos Aires; as it has a very fine 

 whistle, almost rivalling that of the English Blackbird in power, but 

 not in variety. 



36. Paroaria capitata (Lafr. et d'Orb.). 

 c?. Argentine Republic, March 31, 1881. 



The exact locality of this species is unknown to me, as I obtained 

 it alive from a bird-fancier in Buenos Aires ; but most probably it 

 came from some part of the province of Corrientes. 



37. CORYPHOSPINGUS CRISTATUS (Gm.). 



$. Oran, Salta, Arg. Rep., Nov. 15, 1880. 

 Iris sepia. 



