180 zooLOcr. 



PIIRYGILUS UNICOLOR, (D'Orblo;ny.) 



Emheriza vnicohr, D'Orbic.ny, Guurin's Mag. 1837^ Y9. 



Figure. — Jardixe's Contributions to Oi'nitliology, 1849, PI. xxii. 



This bird, like tlic jireceding species, was noticed both in the mountains and plains, but not 

 in abundance. 



PIIRYGILUS DIUCA, (Molina.) 



Frinr/illa diuca, MoL. Hist. Nat. del Chile ; Gay's Fauna Chilena I, 359. 



Pipilo cinerea, Peale, Zool. U. S. Ex. Exp. Birds, 1848, 123. 



VuLG. Diuca. 



Figures. — Kittl. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. I, PI. xi. 



" Voy. Favorite Zool. PI. xvii. 



" Guerin's Mag. 1836, PI. ix. 



One of the most abundant and long known birds of western South America. Lieutenant 

 Gilliss's notes on this species are as follows: "This is one of the commonest and most widely- 

 spread birds in Chile. At certain seasons it is found in quite large numbers near the thresh- 

 ing-fields, or where cattle have stood near a wayside tavern. It is also quite domestic, and 

 will be found in any street of all the cities. It builds in bushes, returning year after year to 

 the same nest, and is certainly one of the earliest risers, for I have often heard its sprightly 

 notes about Santa Lucia before the first streaks of dawn were faiidy peering over the Andes." 



PIIRYGILUS GAYI, (Eydoux and Gervais.) 



Fringilla Gayi, Etd. and Gerv. Mag. de Zool. 1834, (not paged.) 

 C'hlorospiza Gayi, (Eyd. and Gerv.) Gay, Fauna Chilena, Aves, 355. 

 VuLG. Gay's Finch. 



Figures. — Guerin's Mag. de Zool. 1834, PL xxiii. 

 " Voy. Favorite, Ois. PL xxiii. 



A beautiful little Finch, abundant in the vicinity of the cities aud about farm-houses, but 

 retiring to the mountains in the season of incubation. It migrates southward to Patagonia. 



ZONOTEICHIA MATUTINA, (LicbteDstein.) 



Fringilla matutina, Light. Verz. 1823, 25. 

 Tanagra rufcollis, Snx Av. Bras. II, 1825, 39. 

 Fringilla Mortonii, Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 312. 

 Fringilla matutina, Liciit. Gay, Fauna Chilena, Aves, 360. 

 VuLG. Collared SiMrroio. Chincol. 

 Figures. — Kittlitz Kupf. PI. xxiii. Fig. 3. 



" Dubois Orn. Gal. PI. xlii. 



" Spix Av. Bras. PL liii. Fig. 3. 



" Aud. B. of Am. oct. ed. Ill, PL clxl. 



This Sparrow is one of the most abundant of the birds of Chile, and is found diffused also 

 over almost the whole of South America. In Chile it inhabits the cultivated districts, and is 

 found also in the mountains at an elevation of several thousand feet. 



