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ORNITHOLOGY. 



14. Genus ZONOTRICHIA, Swainson, Faun. Bor. Am. II, p. 493 (1831). 



1. ZoNOTRiCHiA PILE ATA [Bodclaert) . 



EmUriza pihata, Bodd. Tab. PL EnL p. 28 (1783). 

 Fringilla matufina, Light. Verz. p. 25 (1828). 

 Tanagra ruJicolUs, Spix. Av. Bras. II, p. 39 (1825). 

 Fringilla Mortonii, AuD. Orn. Biog. V, p. 312 (1839). 



Buff. PI. Enl. CCCLXXXVI, fig. 2 ; Dubois Orn. Gal. Plate XLII ; 

 Spix. Av. Bras. Plate LIII, fig. 3j Aud. B. of Am. oct. ed. Ill, Plate 



cxc. 



One of the most common birds of South America, known to natu- 

 ralists by a variety of names, and described by Mr. Audubon, in mis- 

 take, as inhabiting Western North America. According to Mr. Peale 

 it was observed " first at Orange Bay, Tierra del Fuego, subsequently 

 in Chili, near Valparaiso, and also near Callao, in Peru." 



This species is given erroneously, by Buffon, as a native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope (PL Enl. V, p. 106) ; and erroneously also by Audubon, 

 as a bird of the United States. The specimen described by the latter 

 \vas brought from Chili, by Dr. Townsend. 



15. Genus PASSERCULUS, Bonap. Comp. List. p. 33 (1838). 

 1. Passerculus alaudinus, Bonaparte. 



Pa&serculus alaudinus, 'BotiA'P. Comp. Rend. 1853, p. 918. 



A species which appears to inhabit, exclusively, the countries of 

 Western North America, and hitherto regarded as identical with Pas- 

 serculus savanna, of the Eastern States, which it resembles very inti- 

 mately. 



According to Mr. Peale, this bird is abundant in Oregon and Cali- 

 fornia. 



