(GREY-HEADED FINCH.)
+Phrygilus caniceps+, _Burm. La-Plata Reise_, ii. p. 487; _Durnford,
Ibis_, 1878, p. 393 (Chupat); _Barrows, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Cl._
viii. p. 130 (Sierra de la Ventana).
_Description._--Above, head, neck, wing- and upper tail-coverts grey;
back olivaceous yellow, washed with red; wing and tail-feathers
black, edged with grey; beneath, throat grey, breast and belly
orange-yellow; crissum and under tail-coverts white; bill
horn-colour; feet light brown: whole length 6·8 inches, wing 3·6,
tail 2·9.
_Hab._ Argentina.
Of this species, discovered by Dr. Burmeister near Mendoza, Mr. Barrows
writes:--"Only met with on the Sierra de la Ventana, where it was
abundant in flocks, some of which numbered as many as a hundred
individuals. When found near the base of the sierra they were almost
always associated with the common _Zonotrichia_. Although most of them
had not finished moulting, they were constantly singing, and seemed
perfectly contented with their desolate surroundings."