2. Crithagra? brevirostris. Gould.
C. vertice dorsoque pallidè olivaceo fuscis, plumis singulis striâ angustâ mediâ nigro-fuscâ, pennis scapularibus alis caudâque nigro-fuscis cinereo olivaceo latè marginatis; uropygio virescenti flavo; loris, gulâ, pectore humero infra, abdomine, tegminibusque caudæ inferioribus latè flavis.
Long. tot. 5 unc.; rostri, ⁷⁄₁₆; alæ, 2⅞; caudæ, 2¼; tarsi, ⅝.
Crown of the head and back, light olive brown, with a narrow stripe of blackish brown in the centre of each feather; scapularies, wings and tail, blackish brown, broadly margined with greyish olive; rump greenish yellow; lores, throat, chest, under surface of the shoulders, abdomen, and under tail-coverts bright yellow: bill and feet brown.
Habitat, Maldonado (May), and Valparaiso (September).
Near Maldonado, I saw very large flocks of this species feeding on the open grassy plains. When the whole flock rises, these birds utter a low but shrill chirp. In Chile I obtained only one specimen.
Sub-Fam.—EMBERIZINÆ.
1. Emberiza gubernatrix. Temm.
Emberiza gubernatrix, Temm., Pl. Col. 63 & 64.
—— cristata, Swains, Zool. Ill. pl. 148.