(PLAIN-COLOURED FINCH.)
+Sporophila rufirostris+, _Landb. J. f. O._ 1865, p. 404 (Mendoza).
+Catamenia inornata+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 31.
+Spermophila inornata+, _Sharpe, Cat. B._ xii. p. 104.
_Description._--Above dull grey, clearer on the rump; wings and
tail blackish, wing-feathers edged with grey; beneath grey, under
tail-coverts bright chestnut; bill red; feet brown: whole length 5·0
inches, wing 2·5, tail 2·2.
_Hab._ Bolivia and N. Argentina.
Examples of this species were obtained by Weisshaupt near Mendoza in
1871.