(PRETTY WARBLING FINCH.)
+Phrygilus ornatus+, _Landb. Journ. f. Orn._ 1865, p. 405. +Poospiza
ornata+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 30.
_Description._--Above grey; back more or less varied with chestnut;
long superciliaries ochreous white; wings blackish, coverts edged
with white, tail black, lateral rectrices broadly tipped with white;
beneath dark chestnut, lighter on the middle of the belly; bill and
feet dark brown; whole length 5·2 inches, wing 2·4, tail 2·3.
_Female_ similar, but paler in colour, especially below.
_Hab._ Mendoza.