(BLACKISH FINCH.)
+Phrygilus carbonarius+, _Burm. La-Plata Reise_, ii. p. 487; _Döring,
Expl. al Rio Negro, Zool._ p. 38.
_Description._--Above grey, with brownish-black stripes; wings dusky
brown; tail-feathers black; below black, with minute grey marks on
the throat and bosom; sides dull grey: total length 5·5 inches, wing
2·9, tail 2·2.
_Hab._ Bolivia, Argentina, and Patagonia.
This species is said to be about one third less than _Phrygilus
fruticeti_ in size, but to resemble it closely in colour. Dr. Döring
found it abundant in Patagonia between the rivers Colorado and Negro,
where it was seen during the cold season in flocks, associating with
_Zonotrichia canicapilla_. Burmeister met with it in the Sierra de
Uspallata, near Mendoza.