(SLATY FINCH.)
+Phrygilus unicolor+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 31; _Cab. J. f. O._
1878, p. 195 (Cordova). +Phrygilus rusticus+, _Burm. La-Plata
Reise_, ii. p. 487 (Mendoza).
_Description._--Above nearly uniform slaty grey, below paler, whiter
on the middle of the belly; bill dark horn-colour, feet clear brown:
whole length 6·0 inches, wing 3·6, tail 2·6. _Female_ cinereous,
with blackish shaft-spots above and below; paler on the middle of
the belly.
_Hab._ Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; Chili, Bolivia, and
Northern Argentina.