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434 BULLETIN 133, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM
Lazcano, Uruguay, they were fairly common from February 5 to 8.
At Potrerillos, Mendoza, a little flock was found at an elevation of
6,000 feet on March 19, and others were noted lower, near the hotel,
on March 21. They were seen at Tunuyan, Mendoza, March 27, and
at Tapia, Tucuman, April 7 to 13.
SPINUS EARBATUS (Molina)
Fringilla barbata Molina, Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chili, 1782, p. 247. (Cliile.)
A male from Concon, Chile, taken April 26, 1921, is supposedly
typical of this species. Another shot at General E,oca, E.io Negro,
November 24, 1920, is in a peculiar immature stage of plumage,
though in breeding condition.
Near General Roca, Rio Negro, these birds were seen in small
numbers along irrigation ditches, where they were breeding. At
Concon, Chile, small flocks of 25 or 30 were found singing sweet
medleys from the tops of trees standing in the open, or passing with
undulatinof flight to feed among bushes and weeds.