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tudinal streaks. Generally seen in pairs in the winter. Beak 
black ; legs and feet dark yellowish brown. 
4- 21. Zonotrichia pileata (Bodd.) ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 
1868, p. 139. 
Occurs abundantly everywhere, both in town and country. 
Very common at Baradero in April. I stated in my last 
communication that four eggs was the number usually laid; 
I should have said five. 
22. Embernagra platensis (Gm.); Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 
1868, p. 140. 
Resident and common here and up the Parana to Baradero. 
Its favourite resort is thick reed-beds. Its flight is laboured, 
and its tail so long that it droops, giving one the idea of being 
too heavy for it. A few at Baradero in April. 
v 23. Chrysomitris barbata (Mol.); Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 
1868, p. 140. 
Observed from the beginning of September to the end of 
May. They are generally seen in flocks, and in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of trees or low scrub. They have a habit of hang¬ 
ing, Tit-like, from a twig. Their food consists of small seeds, 
and, judging from their fondness for the large thistle, chiefly 
of the seed of that plant. 
24. Sycalis luteola (Sparrm.) ; Scl. Ibis, 1872, p. 44. 
Resident and generally distributed, usually living on the 
ground, and in the winter going in enormous flocks ; on these 
occasions, when they all rise at once, the noise of their wings 
is like the rustling breeze. The flocks are composed of both 
sexes, and move in a northerly direction during the cold 
weather, though they never entirely leave us. The female 
is less brightly attired than the male; and the young at 
first resemble the female. The males are much valued as 
songsters. 
25. Sycalis pelzelni, Sclater, Ibis, 1872, p. 42. 
Resident. This bird is readily distinguishable from the 
last mentioned by its superior size; and the males can always 
be identified by their bright orange foreheads; the females 
