38 MR. E. W. WHITE ON THE [Feb. 6, 



there it was mid-winter, and they were frequenting the wooded 

 ravines in the Sierras ; towards spring tliey commenced to visit the 

 valley early in the morning, but as the weather became warmer 

 seemed to abandon the mountains altogether. I obtained my speci- 

 mens as they came to feed on some bees that were kept not far from 

 our encampment. 



The male is of a beautiful scarlet, the female yellow ; and evidently 

 the first plumage of the young male is also yellow, but subsequently 

 gradually changes with the growth. Of this I was rendered certain 

 by the capture of several specimens undergoing the process of trans- 

 formation. 



4. DONACOSPIZA ALBIFRONS (Vicill.). 



c? . Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep., July 5, 1882. 



Iris sepia. 



This is the only specimen I have seen of this bird, and one I ob- 

 tained only by accident, as when I shot it I thought it to be a common 

 Zonotrichia.. It was met with in the well-wooded lands that fringe 

 the mountain-slopes. 



[Not seen by P. L. S.] 



5. GUBERNATRIX CRISTATELLA (Vieill.). 



(S . Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep., Sept. 11, 1882. 



Iris very dark. 



T noticed these birds for the first time at Cosquin on the 22nd of 

 July, after a snowstorm ; three were together in the well-wooded 

 lands up near the mountains. In the valley below, however, and in 

 August they are met with more abundantly, but by no means com- 

 monly, and then always fly in pairs. 



6. Zonotrichia strigiceps (Gould). 



S . Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep., June 16, 1882. 

 2_. „ „ „ Aug. 15, 1882. 



Iris dark brown. 



At first sight I mistook this bird for the Chingolo (Z.pileata) ; but 

 the moment its chirp met my ear (a peculiar metallic ring) I knew it 

 to be of a different species. It was met with, in a flock of about 

 fifteen, in a well-wooded ravine at a tolerable elevation up the 

 mountains, and only at one spot. 



7. T^nioptera dominicana (Vieill.). 



cJ. La Plata, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Nov. 21, 1882. 

 Iris dark brown. 

 Rather rare here. 

 [Not seen by P. L. S.]. 



8. T^nioptera murina (Lafr. et d'Orb.): 



cJ. Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep., June 21, 1882. 

 9/ „ „ ,, July 14, 1882. 



Iris dark brown. 



