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Show 600 MR. E. w. W H I T E O N BIRDS [June 20, 44. ZONOTRICHIA PILEATA (Bodd.). cf. Rio Lujan, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., March 12, 1881. 2 • Punta Lara, Buenos Aires, Feb. 23, 1881. A very common bird everywhere, and regarded in the Argentine Republic much as is the Sparrow in England. It builds its nest of grass and hair on the ground, and usually beneath a thistle or tuft of herbage. The egg is of a bluish-green ground, mottled equally all over, except at the pointed end, with rufous-brown spots. The clutch generally consists of three. Meas.: axis 21 millim., diam. 16 millim. 45. COTURNICULUS MANIMBE (Licht.). cf. Santo Tome, Corrientes, Arg. Rep., May 16, 1881. This specimen was obtained in low brushwood near the river Itacua, where it flew out of the long grass growing close to the water; it was the only one seen. 46. SALTATRICULA MULTICOLOR, Burm. cf. Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Sept. 3, 1880. Found on the trees, feeding on the insects in the flowers, and also on the seeds. The bird was wild, and uttered a piercing whistle on flying away. 47. EMBERNAGRA PLATENSIS (Gm.). cf. Punta Lara, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Feb. 21, 1881. cf . Santo Tome, Corrientes, Arg. Rep., May 14, 1881. § . Rio Lujan, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., March 9, 1881. Iris brown. Numbers of these birds were noticed settling on the hio-hest spikes of grass or reeds in the neighbourhood of rivers or lagoons, away from woody shelter. They have a peculiar pitching°jerky flight, and are usually seen in pairs. Their song is an agreeable trill. 48. CHRYSOMITRIS BARBATA (Mol.). cf. Sierras de Totoral, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., July 29, 1880. cf. Concepcion, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 28, 1881. J.' , , " " " » » Ins dark. This finch was secured in the thickest parts of the woods in the Sierras of Totoral, but is so scarce there that only one specimen could be obtained; in Santo Tome, however, it occurred in large flocks amongst the woods near the river Uruguay, where, when startled, they fly up sharply and settle on the branches, uttering a very pretty chorus. 49. SYCALIS FLAVEOLA (Linn.). cf. Monte Grande, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Jan. 4, 1881. S . Flores, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Jan. 27, 1881. Iris sepia. |
