(STRIPE-HEADED SONG-SPARROW.)
Zonotrichia strigiceps, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 486 (Paraná, Santa Fé); Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 31; Scl. Ibis, 1877, p. 47, pl. 1. fig. 2.
Description.—Above light brownish grey, striped with black; centre of crown ash-grey, under the grey a broad rufous stripe, beneath which is a narrow grey superciliary stripe; behind the eye a rufous mark; beneath, throat white, breast pale grey; sides and belly yellowish grey; middle of belly white: whole length 6·2 inches, wing 2·6, tail 2·6.
Hab. Argentina and Patagonia.
[80.] ZONOTRICHIA HYPOCHONDRIA (d’Orb. et Lafr.).
(RED-FLANKED SONG-SPARROW.)
Emberiza hypochondria, d’Orb. Voy., Ois. p. 361, t. 45. fig. 1. Zonotrichia hypochondria, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 486 (Mendoza).
Description.—Brownish grey, head darker; superciliaries white; wings brownish black, edged with greyish rufous; tail brownish black, four external pairs of rectrices with a long white mark on the inner web, the outer pair with the outer web also margined with white; beneath, throat and neck white; sides of head, mystacal line, neck and breast-band plumbeous; belly dirty white; flanks chestnut: whole length 6·0 inches, wing 2·8, tail 2·0.
Hab. Bolivia and Western Argentina.
Prof. Burmeister, who met with this species near Mendoza, says it is a true Zonotrichia, and not a Poospiza, as sometimes considered.