(BLACK-HEADED FINCH.)
+Spermophila melanocephala+, _Sharpe, Cat. B._ xii. p. 118.
_Description._--Above black; rump and lesser wing-coverts bright
rufous; large loral spot on each side white; wings and tail black;
alar speculum white; beneath, throat white, band across the breast
black; belly pale rufous; flanks and crissum dark rufous; under
wing-coverts white; bill and feet black: whole length 5·0 inches,
wing 2·4, tail 2·2.
_Hab._ Paraguay and Argentina.
A specimen of this species, now in the British Museum, was obtained by
Durnford at Punta Lara in October 1875.