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Show 38 MR. E. W. WHITE ON THE [Feb. 6, there it was mid-winter, and they were frequenting the wooded ravines in the Sierras ; towards spring they commenced to visit the valley early in the morning, but as tbe weather became warmer seemed to abandon the mountains altogether. I obtained m y specimens as they came to feed on some bees that were kept not far from our encampment. The male is of a beautiful scarlet, the female yellow ; and evidently the first plumage of the young male is also yellow, but subsequently gradually changes with the growth. Of this I was rendered certain by tbe capture of several specimens undergoing the process of transformation. 4. DONACOSPIZA ALBIFRONS (Vieill.). 8 . Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep., July 5, 1882. Iris sepia. This is the only specimen I have seen of this bird, and one I obtained only by accident, as when I shot it I thought it to be a common Zonotrichia. It was met with in the well-wooded lands that fringe the mountain-slopes. [Not seen by P. L. S.] 5. GUBERNATRIX CRISTATELLA (Vieill.). 8 • Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep., Sept. 11, 1882. Iris very dark. I noticed these birds for the first time at Cosquin on the 22nd of July, after a snowstorm ; three were together in the well-wooded lands up near the mountains. In the valley below, however, and in August they are met with more abundantly, but by no means commonly, and then always fly in pairs. 6. ZONOTRICHIA STRIGICEPS (Gould). 8 . Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep., June 16, 1882. 2: 99 „ „ Aug. 15, 1882. Iris dark brown. At first sight I mistook this bird for the Chingolo (Z.pileata) ; but the moment its chirp met m y ear (a peculiar metallic ring) I knew it to be of a different species. It was met with, in a flock of about fifteen, in a well-wooded ravine at a tolerable elevation up tbe mountains, and only at one spot. 7. TJENIOPTERA DOMINICANA (Vieill.). 8. La Plata, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Nov. 21, 1882. Iris dark brown. Rather rare here. [Not seen by P. L. S.]. 8. T^ENIOPTERA MURINA (Lafr. et d'Orb.). cf. Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep., June 21,.1882. $ • „ „ „ July 14, 1882. Iris dark brown. |
