(INDIGO FINCH.)
+Guiraca cyanea+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 27; _White, P. Z. S._
1882, p. 598 (Catamarca). +Guiraca cyanea argentina+, _Sharpe,
Cat. B._ xii. p. 73.
_Description._--Indigo-blue; lesser wing-coverts azure-blue; wing-
and tail-feathers black; forehead azure-blue, and head washed with
the same colour; bill and feet black: total length 6·8 inches, wing
3·6, tail 2·9. _Female_ brown; beneath brighter and rufescent.
_Hab._ Brazil, Paraguay, and Northern Argentina.
White found this bird "not uncommon around Andalgala in Catamarca, in
hedges and thickets." Mr. Sharpe separates the Argentine bird as a
subspecies, from its larger size.