(RED-CRESTED FINCH.)
+Coryphospingus cristatus+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 30; _Salvin,
Ibis_, 1880, p. 354 (Salta); _White, P. Z. S._ 1882, p. 598
(Salta).
_Description._--Above black, washed with red; rump crimson; wing-
and tail-feathers black; forehead black; crest vivid scarlet; whole
under surface fine crimson: total length 5·5 inches, wing 2·6, tail
2·3. _Female_ above brown, with scarlet tinge on the rump; beneath
salmon-colour, whitish on the throat.
_Hab._ Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Northern Argentina.
Both Durnford and White obtained specimens of this bird in the province
of Salta; White's examples were met with in open country, dotted with
thickets of low brushwood, to which the bird resorts.