Sturnella rubra, Vieill.
Leistes erythrocephala, Swains. Class. Birds.
This bird frequented marshy places in the neighbourhood of Maldonado, but it was not common there. It is more solitary than the following allied species; I have, however, seen it in a flock. Seated on a twig, with its beak widely open, it often makes a shrill, but plaintive and agreeable cry, which is sometimes single and sometimes reiterated. Its flight is heavy. The young have their heads and thighs merely mottled with scarlet.
Sturnella militaris. Vieill.
Sturnus militaris, Gmel.
Etourneau des terres Magellanique, Pl. enl. 113.
I met with specimens of this bird on the east coast of the continent from the Falkland Islands to 31° S., and on the western coast from the Strait of Magellan to Lima, a space of forty degrees of latitude.
Family.—TROCHILIDÆ.
1. Trochilus flavifrons.
Monte Video.—November. Not abundant.