(OLIVE GROUND-FINCH.)
+Embernagra olivascens+, _d'Orb. Voy., Ois._ p. 285; _Burm. La-Plata
Reise_, ii. p. 485 (Mendoza); _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 32;
_Salvin, Ibis_, 1880, p. 355; _Döring, Exp. al Rio Negro, Zool._
p. 40 (R. Colorado).
_Description._--Similar to _Embernagra platensis_, but the back
unstriped, and the olive hue somewhat purer; also the abdomen of a
paler buff: total length 8·1 inches, wing 3·7, tail 4·0. _Female_
similar.
_Hab._ Bolivia, Western Argentina, and Patagonia.
This species, which was met with by Dr. Burmeister near Mendoza, was
found by Dr. Döring as far south as the Rio Colorado, on the pampas.