600 MR. E. W. WHITE ON BIRDS [June 20, 
44, ZONOTRICHIA PILEATA (Bodd.). 
3. Rio Lujan, 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 Republic 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., diam. 16 millim. 
45. CoTURNICULUS MANIMBE (Licht.). 
¢. Santo Tomé, 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, Burm. 
3g. 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 wild, and uttered a piercing whistle on 
flying away. 
47, EMBERNAGRA PLATENSIS (Gm.). 
do. Punta Lara, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Feb. 21, 1881. 
6. Santo Tomé, Corrientes, Arg. Rep., May 14, 1881. 
@. Rio Lujan, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., March 9, 1881. 
Tris 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.). 
S. Sierras de Totoral, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., July 29, 1880. 
3. Concepcion, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 28, 1881. 
2: ” ” ”? 2” ” 
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 Tomé, 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.). 
3. Monte Grande, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Jan. 4, 1881. 
Q. Flores, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Jan. 27, 1881. 
Iris sepia. 
