(WEDGE-TAILED GROUND-FINCH.)
+Embernagra macroura+, _d'Orb. Voy., Ois._ p. 285. +Emberizoides
macrurus+, _Burm. La-Plata Reise_, ii. p. 485 (Paraná).
+Emberizoides sphenurus+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 33.
_Description._--Above yellowish brown, striped with black; shoulders
edged with yellow; wing-feathers blackish, edged with olive-green;
tail-feathers blackish, edged with pale brown; beneath pale
ochraceous brown, white on the throat and middle of the belly;
bill and feet pale horn-colour: whole length 8·0 inches, wing 3·1,
tail 4·0.
_Hab._ Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina.
Burmeister met with this species near Paraná and in other parts of
Northern Argentina.