Birds of Paraguay . 
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«,£.<?$ ad. Sapucay, June 22, 1904. 
[This species is rare throughout the wooded parts of the 
country, becoming more abundant the farther south one goes. 
The specimens offered for sale as cage-birds in the markets 
here are generally caught on the chaco in the vicinity of the 
mouth of the river Pilcomayo.— TV. F.] 
229. Embernagra platensis. 
Fmberiza platensis Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 886 (1788 : La 
Plata). 
Habia de bahado Azara, Apnnt. i. p. 363. no. xc. 
(1802). 
Embernagra platensis Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, pp. 10, 
116 (Lambare) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 758; 
Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 322 (Paraguay). 
a. ? ad. Sapucay, October 16, 1902. 
b. $ imm. „ November 17, 1902. 
c. ? ad. ,, March 22, 1903. 
Bill black above, reddish orange below; feet pinkish 
horn-coloured; iris brown. 
d. <$ ad. Sapucay, April 19, 1903. 
e. ad. ,, May 23, 1903. 
[This bird is resident and in the low swampy grounds 
fairly common, but seldom to be met with in any other 
locality. The nest is built in a tuft of grass, but even 
there the parasitic birds find it out; three eggs usually form 
a clutch.— TV. F.] 
230. Emberizoides herbicola. 
Cola aguda encuentro amarillo Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 257. 
no. ccxxx. (1805). 
Sylvia herbicola Yieill. N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xi. p. 192 
(1816 : Paraguay). 
Emberizoides sphenurus Berlepsch (nec Yieill.), J. f.O. 
1887, p. 116 (Paraguay). 
Emberizoides herbicola Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. 
p. 769. 
