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Falkland Island and Patagonia ; the latter from East Falkland Island 

 and Tierra del Fuego. In XIII, 956, I alluded to the latter as pre- 

 senting "a close approach, on the part of the Greenfinches, to the Gold- 

 finches (Carduelis), the Siskins (Chrysomitris), and also to the Linnets 

 (Linota) ; the form of its beak scarcely differing from that of the 

 Himalayan Siskin (Chr. spinoides) ;" and in XIV, 554, I again alluded 

 to this bird, remarking that the L. sinicus " agrees in size, and in 

 the Goldfinch-like marking of its wings, with L. xantkogramma of the 

 Andes." I was led into a mistake, however, in the identification of 

 this Chilian species (as I was informed) with L. xantkogramma ; and 

 have not yet been able to identify the bird in question, probably for 

 want of the necessary works of reference. Its affinities are as I have 

 stated, and it is very nearly allied to the Chinese Greenfinch (L. sinicus) ; 

 but I have not now by me a specimen of the latter, with which to 

 compare it.* Length 5^ in. ; of wing 3 to 3| in. and tail 1 1 in. Colour 

 hair-brown above, the interscapularies margined paler, and the crown 

 and nape with greenish-brown ; rump brownish-yellow, passing to 

 siskin-yellow towards the tail-coverts, which latter are pale greyish ; 

 wings having the primaries and base of the secondaries marked with 

 bright yellow, as in the Goldfinches, contrasting with the black winglet, 

 and terminal half of the primaries which are tipped with whitish ; 

 secondaries edged and the tertiaries tipped with whitish-grey, the rest 

 of the outer web of the tertiaries brown ; under-parts paler brown, 

 tinged with yellow, more especially on the throat, abdomen, and also 

 on the forehead ; towards the vent white ; and the lower tail-coverts 

 pure canary-yellow : tail dusky, with the basal half of all but its middle 

 feathers bright yellow, and slightly edged with greyish-brown : bill pale, 

 darker above ; and the legs pale. 



In the same collection with the preceding were two examples of a 

 species of Serinus (?), from Peru. Length about five inches, of wing 

 two and five-eighths, and tail two inches. Upper-parts streaky, the 

 feathers centred darker, with hair-brown margins ; rump dull siskin- 

 yellow, and a faint tinge of the same on the crown and neck, and upon 



* Can it be the female of L. sinicus ? The collection in which two specimens of it 

 occurred did contain some Chinese specimens, together with many from Chili and Peru ; 

 but those from each locality were kept separately, with care, and 1 was assured that 

 the birds in question were from Chili. 



