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 Asstmitis, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 137. 
3. 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. Poosrrza TorauaTa (Lafr. et d’Orb.). 
3. 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. 
g. Oran, Salta, Arg. Rep., Nov. 3, 1880. 
Q. tb ; Nov. 9, 1880. 
Tris crimson. 
This bird frequents the gardens in the vicinity of houses, where it 
vigorously pursues the ants amongst the branches of trees. 
41. PoospizaA ERYTHROPHRYS, Scl. Ibis, 1881, p. 599, t. xvii. 
fig. 1. 
6. Rio Lujan, B. Aires, Arg. Rep., March 9, 1881. 
Tris sepia. 
I sent home a specimen of this bird, believing it to be P. nigro- 
rufa; but 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. Puryerius Gayl (Hyd. et Gerv.). 
3. Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Sept. 9, 1880. 
: 2 Z hy 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.). 
3d. 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. 
