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Mr. Charles Chubb on the 
Spinus ictericus campestris Hellmayr, Abhandl. Akad. Miss. 
Miinchen, xxii. p. 680. 
a, b. S ad. Sapucay, July 29, 1904. 
Bill, tarsi, and feet blackish; iris brown. 
c. ? ad. Sapucay, August 18, 1904. 
These individuals, which are in fully adult plumage, agree 
both in measurements and colour of plumage with the series 
in the National Collection. 
[This species is very rare with us here in Paraguay, and 
I am not acquainted with its habits.— W. F.] 
220. Sycalis pelzelni. 
Chuy Azara, Apunt. i. p. 479. no. cxxxiii. (1802). 
Sycalis pelzelni Sclater, Ibis, 1872, p. 42 (Cuyaba) ; 
Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, pp. 10, 116 (Lambare); Sharpe, 
Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 380; Oberholser, Proc. U.S. Nat. 
Mus. xxv. p. 146 (1902: Sapucay) ; Ihering, Revista Mus. 
Paulista, vi. p. 322 (Paraguay). 
a. S ad. Ybytimi, January 31, 1904. 
b. S ad. „ February 9, 1904. 
c. d, $ ad.; e,f,g. $ ad. Sapucay, June 1904. 
J. Bill, tarsi, and feet light pinky horn-coloured; iris 
brown. 
h. S ad. Sapucay, July 29, 1904. 
i, k. $ ; /. <$ ad. Sapucay, August 1904. 
m. $ ad. Sapucay, September 6, 1904. 
The two specimens from Ybytimi obtained in January and 
February are in very worn plumage, and have evidently just 
passed through the breeding-season. The collector has sexed 
them both as males, but I am of opinion that the example 
obtained in January is a female; he has also marked them 
both as immature, which must be a mistake, of course. 
[This species is resident and fairly common through the 
open camp lands. It is exclusively a ground-feeder. I have 
not found the nest yet, as the dense matted grasses, some¬ 
times breast high, form excellent cover for the birds, and 
their only enemies would be snakes and small ground 
mammals.— W. F] 
