Argentine Ornithology a Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine Rep
Argentine Ornithology a Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine Rep
Philip Lutley Sclater
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SYCALIS PELZELNI, Scl. (YELLOW HOUSE-SPARROW. ) Sycalis pelzelni, Scl Ibis, 1872, p. 42 ; Scl. Et Salv. Nomencl. P. 34 ; Durnford, Ibis, 1877, p. 172 (Buenos Ayres). Description. Above yellowish olive-green, the back sparsely striped with blackish ; wing- and tail-feathers black, edged with yellow ; forehead bright orange, the rest of the head like the back ; below bright yellow ; under surfaces of wings and tail also yellow : total length 5'4 inches, wing 2-7, tail 2-2. Female dull brownish gr...ey mottled with blackish above : under surface whitish grey, striped with dusky brown on the breast ; wing- and tail-feathers edged with yeUow. Hab. S. Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. The Yellow " House- Sparrow, " as this species is called, is the town- bird of Buenos Ayres, but does not multiply greatly, nor is he familiar with man, like his rough, sooty-plumaged, far-away London relation. The forehead of the male is bright orange, the prevailing colour of the entire plumage yellow, clouded with other hues.
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