(WHITE'S WARBLING FINCH.)
+Poospiza whitii+, _Scl. P. Z. S._ 1883, p. 43, pl. ix.
_Description._--Above clear grey, very faintly washed with olive;
tail black, the outer feathers on each side tipped with white, as in
_P. erythrophrys_; patch between bill and eye, the anterior half of
superciliary stripe, and chin white; hinder part of superciliary
stripe and under surface chestnut; middle of belly white; under
tail-coverts buff: total length 5·5 inches, wing 2·4, tail 2·6.
_Female_ similar, but breast pale rufous; abdomen white; sides grey
and buff.
_Hab._ Province of Cordova, Rep. Arg.
This species has only been obtained by the late Mr. E. W. White. He met
with specimens of it at Cosquin, Cordova, in June, July, and August,
1882. It has been dedicated to its discoverer, who has so largely
augmented our knowledge of the Argentine avifauna, and whose premature
death was a veritable loss for science.