1882.] FROM THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 599 



This bird was shot in an open country dotted with thickets of 

 low brushwood, ia which it skips about. 



38. PoospizA AssiMiLis, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 1.37. 

 S . Concepcion, Misiones, Arg. Rep., July 1, 1881. 

 Iris brick-red. 



Abundant amongst the thick weeds and grass in the outskirts of 

 the ruins of the Jesuit town, and often found in the same localities as 

 the common Zonotrichia pileata, and, most likely in consequence of 

 its similarity in appearance and habits, passed over by me many 

 times, supposing it to be that bird. 



[I have determined this bird, which Mr. White had taken for the 

 nearly allied P. thoracica. — P. L. S.] 



39. PoospizA TORQUATA (Lafr. et d'Orb.). 



S . San Pedro, Santiago del Estero, Arg. Rep., Sept. 11, 1881. 

 I saw three or four of this species actively engaged in eating the 

 young shoots of the algaroba tree, 



40. PoospizA MELANOLEUCA, Vieill. 



S . Oran, Salta, Arg. Rep., Nov. 3, 1880. 

 2 . _ „ „ Nov. 9, 1880. 



Iris crimson. 



This bird frequents the gardens in the vicinity of houses, where it 

 vigorously pursues the ants amongst the branches of trees. 



41. PoospizA ERYTHROPHRYS, Scl. Ibis, 1881, p. 599, t. xvii. 

 fiff. 1. 



■O" 



c?. Rio Lujan, B. Aires, Arg. Rep., March 9, 1881. 



Iris sepia. 



I sent home a specimen of this bird, believing it to be P. nigro- 

 rufa ; bvit Mr. Sclater declared it to be a new species, taking it for a 

 type specimen, and describing it in 'The Ibis.' I obtained it on the 

 Sierras of Totoral, Catamarca, a range which rises to the height of 

 3000 or 4000 feet above the sea-level, and is more or less densely 

 wooded to near the summit ; but since that time I have secured 

 another specimen about 20 miles north of Buenos Aires, being the 

 second I have yet seen. 



42. Phrygilus gayi (Eyd. et Gerv.). 



S . Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Sept. 9, 1880. 



?. » „ „ Sept. 14, 1880. 



Iris brown. 



Not uncommon round the outskirts of Andalgala ; generally fre- 

 quents the gardens and orchards. 



43. Catamenia analis (Lafr. et d'Orb.). 



(J. Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Sept. 14, 1880. 



This bird was shot as it took refuge under the corridor of our 

 house during a very severe snowstorm that lasted two days. The 

 only specimen I have seen. 



