and Description of Birds from the Island of Java, 159 



Spec. 1. Megalurtu palustri*. 



M. fuscus, dorso griseo-testaceo vario, capit.- ^iim-o et fusees- 



cente vario, subtus albidus, pectore tenuiter i'usco strigato. 

 Larri-a:igon Javanis. 



Longitudo 9 poll. 



Fam. VI. Fk i \<. i i i \ i> i. Leach. 

 Cornirostres Cuvier, DumSril. 



Gen. 24. Mirafra. 

 Rostrum breviusculum, crassum, conico-attenuatum, subcom- 

 pressum. M< axilla arcuata culmine rotundato. Varei basales 

 rotundae, parte superiors membrana wstita\ J if cauda bre- 

 viores. Remiges: 1 spuria, 2—6 subaequales longiores, 'J — 6' 

 externe emarginatae, cetera 1 gradatim bre\ iorcs. redes me- 

 diocres : digitus medius elongatus. Unguis hallucis mediocri- 

 ter arcuatus medio antico magis duplo longior. 



The characters in which this genus differs from AJauda are 

 a more robust, conical and arched bill, round nares nearly- 

 naked, and a proportionally short claw to the posterior toe. The 

 sides of the beak, between the back {cultnen) and cutting edges 

 (tomia) are somewhat convex. In this character it has greater 

 affinity to Fringilla than to Alauda, the bill of which is often 

 subulate (as in Sylvia), while the nares are covered. 



Mirafra, although it greatly resembles Calandra, differs from 

 it in possessing the spurious remex, and in having the four instead 

 of the three first remiges elongated. 



Spec. 1. Mirafra Javanica, 



M. supra fusca ferrugineo varia, subtus sordida, axillis pallide 



badiis. 



Branjangan Javanis. 



Longitudo 5± poll. 



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