600 MR. E. W. WHITE ON BIRDS [JunC 20, 



44. ZONOTRICHIA PILEATA (Bodcl.). 



cJ. Rio Lujau, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., March 12, 1881. 



$ . Punta Lara, Buenos Aires, Feb. 23, 1881. 



A very common bird everywhere, and regarded in the Argen- 

 tine Rep'ubUc much as is the Sparrow in England. It builds its 

 nest of grass and hair on the ground, and usually beneath a thistle 

 or tuft of herbage. The egg is of a bluish-green ground, mottled 

 equally all over, except at the pointed end, with rufous-brown spots. 

 The clutch generally consists of three. 



Meas. : axis 21 millim., diani. Ifi millim. 



45. COTURNICULUS MANIMBE (Licht.). 



($ . Santo Tome, Corrientes, Arg. Rep., May 16, 1881. 



This specimen was obtained in low brushwood near the river 

 Itacua, where it flew out of the long grass growing close to the 

 water ; it was the only one seen. 



46. Saltatricula multicolor, Burra. 



cJ. Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Sept. 3, 1880. 



Found on the trees, feeding on the insects in the flowers, and also 

 on the seeds. The bird was \^ild, and uttered a piercing whistle on 

 flying away. 



47. Embernagra platensis (Gm.). 



d . Punta Lara, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Feb. 21, 1881. 



cJ. Santo Tome, Corrientes, Arg. Rep., May 14, 1881. 



2. Rio Lujan, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., March 9, 1881. 



Iris brown. 



Numbers of these birds were noticed settling on the highest 

 spikes of grass or reeds in the neighbourhood of rivers or lagoons, 

 away from woody shelter. They have a peculiar pitching jerky 

 flight, and are usually seen in pairs. Their song is an agreeable 

 trill. 



48. Chrysomitris barbata (Mol.). 



d . Sierras de Totoral, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., July 29, 1880. 

 c? . Coucepcion, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 28, 1881. 



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Iris dark. 



This finch was secured in the thickest parts of the woods in the 

 Sierras of Totoral, but is so scarce there that only one specimen 

 could be obtained ; in Santo Tome, however, it occurred in large 

 flocks amongst the woods near the river Uruguay, where, when 

 startled, they fly up sharply and settle on the branches, uttering a 

 very pretty chorus. 



49. Sycalis flaveola (Linn.). 



cJ. Monte Grande, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Jan. 4, 1881. 

 2 . Flores, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Jan. 27, 1881. 

 Iris sepia. 



