Lieut. Burgess on the Habits of some Indian Birds, 65 



The Peruvian collection of the MM. Verreaux contained several 

 examples of this prettily marked Ant-Thrush, and Mr. Gould has 

 also S and ? from Chamicurros. Both sexes show the white hlotch 

 at the base of the interscapularies. In form they nearly resemble 

 //. mela7iol(Bma and poecilonota. Below the white throat, both in 

 male and female, are eight or ten round blackish spots, forming a 

 sort of collar, which renders this species easily recognizable. 



5. FoRMicivoRA CAUDATA, Sclatcr. 



3 Supra niger albo-striatus ; nucha nigra; dorso postico ferrugineo ; 

 alls caudaque nigris; tectricibus alarum albo, remigibus autem 

 primariis et secondariis rufo limbatis; rectricum macula terminali 

 alba ; subtus albus, sparsius nigro-slriatus ; venire crissoque dare 

 ferrugineis. 

 5 Striis corporis superioris et tectricum alarum marginibus sub- 

 rufescentibus ; dorso postico et ventre dilutius ferrugineis ; striis 

 pectoris sparsioribus , in gulafere evanescentibus. 

 Long, tota .5'8 ; alse 2*1 ; caudse S'l. 

 Hab. In Nova Grenada. 



A close ally of Formicivora ferruginea (Temm.) and its affines, 

 from all of which, however, it may be distinguished by its extremely 

 lengthened tail. My specimens were purchased in Paris, and are 

 Bogota skins. 



6. PiTHYS ERYTHROPHRYS, Sclatcr. 



Olivaceo-brunneus, subtus medialiter albus ; fronte loris et regione 

 superciliari utrinque dare ferrugineis ; loris et regione auriculari 

 nigris ; striis quibusdam indistinctis in lateribus pectoris cinereis ; 

 alis caudaque nigricanti-brunneis , illius remigibus dare rufo^ 

 hrunneo limbatis et tectricibus omnibus maculis parvis terminalibus 

 albis. 

 Long, tota 4*5 ; alse 2*7 ; caudae 1'7. 

 Hab. In Nova Grenada. 



This is not a true Pithgs, I think, but I have placed it as such, as 

 being allied to Pithys leucophrys ex Nova Grenada. But is the 

 New Grenadian bird really identical with Tschudi's Pithys leuco- 

 phrys ? 



Notes on the Habits of some Indian Birds. Part VI. 

 By Lieut. Burgess. 



Family Fringillid^. Sub-Family Pyrrhulin^. 



Genus Pyrrhulauda. 

 Pyrrhulauda cruciger (Temm.). 



Black-bellied Finch Lark. 



This httle finch lark is common in Western India, on open plains 

 and grassy plots of ground. It is remarkable for its habit of 

 squatting close on the ground when approached, trusting most pro- 



Atm. ^ Mag, N, Hist. Ser. 2. Vol. xvii. 5 



