P. silens, Kittl. Mem. de l’Acad. des Sci. de St. Petersb.
This is not a very uncommon bird in Central Chile: the farmers complain that it is very destructive to the buds of fruit trees. It is quiet and solitary, and haunts hedge-rows or bushes; its manners are similar to those of our bullfinch, (Loxia Pyrrhula). Iris bright scarlet. Mr. Eyton has given an anatomical description of this bird in the Appendix.
Dolichonyx oryzivorus. Swains.
Dolichonyx oryzivorus, Swains. Faun. Bor. Am. 2. 278.
Emberiza oryzivorus, Linn.
This one specimen only was seen at James Island, in the Galapagos Archipelago, during the beginning of October. It is remarkable that a bird migrating, according to Richardson, as far as 54° N. in North America, and generally inhabiting marshy grounds, should be found on these dry rocky islands under the equator. Mr. Gray and myself carefully compared this specimen with one from North America, and we could not perceive the slightest difference.
1. Xanthornus chrysopterus. G. R. Gray.
Oriolus cayennensis, Linn. Syst. 1. 168 ?
Agelaius chrysopterus, Vieill.
Psarocolius chrysopterus, Wagl. Syst. Av. p.