Bay-chested Warbling-Finch

13.5 cm. Upperparts light gray with an olive touch on the back. White stripe below the eye. White edgings to the flight feathers. Below white with a broad chestnut chest band and chestnut flanks. Crissum buff. <NThe female has a smaller subocular streak and less chestnut on the flanks. Call high "ti", a series of "chi chi chi chi chi chi..." Forages in trees and scrub by gleaning leaves and twigs. Regularly observed in open woodland and scrub close to the tree line. The higher serras. In Estado Rio de Janeiro found at<8E>Itatiaia, Nova Friburgo, Serra dos Orgaos, ^40 . In Estado S<C4>o Paulo found at<8E>Campos do Jord<C4>o, Serra Bocaina, Arapei ^119 . <N800-1900 meters ^133 . 5896 Calls, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, LNS39100, recorded by T. Parker, Jr. with /Saltator similis, Basileuterus culicivorus, Elaenia mesoleuca .: 8339 Calls "tsic", September 21, 1990. Serra dos Org<C4>os, Estado Rio de Janeiro, recorded by David Willis. with /Tijuca atra .: 10810 "tsic"-calls, September 21, 1990. Serra dos Org<C4>os, recorded by David Willis. with /Dijuca atra, Stephanophorus diadematus .: 10702 > Male: 1409 > Female: