(WHITE'S GROUND-FINCH.)
+Zonotrichia whitii+, _Sharpe, Cat. B._ xiii. p. 608, pl. xiii.
+Zonotrichia strigiceps+, _White, P. Z. S._ 1883, p. 38
(Cordova).
_Description._--Above, head and neck grey, variegated with dark
chestnut; back yellowish brown with black stripes; wings and tail
blackish, the feathers edged with pale brown; beneath, throat and
belly white, breast pale grey; sides yellowish brown; bill dark
horn-colour, lower mandible whitish; feet light horn-colour: whole
length 6·0 inches, wing 2·5, tail 2·8.
_Hab._ Northern Argentina.
This species has been based by Mr. Sharpe on a specimen, obtained
by White near Cordova, which was wrongly determined as _Zonotrichia
strigiceps_--a species that it somewhat resembles in its upper plumage.