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which the external one adheres as far as the first joint; claw of the 
hallux longer than the toe; third and fourth quills the longest. 
Anthus pratensis — The Tit-Lark. 
Plate XLVI. fig. 9. 
Upper parts dusky green, with the centre of the feathers 
brownish black; under parts yellowish white, spotted with 
blackish brown upon the sides of the neck and breast; under 
parts white, hypochondria, with dark streaks; tail feathers 
blackish-brown; the exterior ones, with the edges of the web, 
white, and terminated by a long white spot; second feather 
with a small white spot at its tip. Five inches and a half long. 
Inhabits Europe. 
Genus 37.—NEOPS.— Vieillot. 
Generic Character. —Bill slender, much compressed at the 
sides, entire, pointed; upper mandible straight; lower mandi¬ 
ble shorter, curved downwards in the middle and upwards at its 
tip, which is sharp ; nostrils oval, covered by a membrane, and 
situated at the base of the bill; the external and internal toes 
are joined to the middle one as far as the first joint. 
Neaps ruficauda. — The Red-Tailed Neops. 
Plate XXXVIII. fig. 9. 
Chestnut brown; the throat, abdomen, and crissum, mixed 
with brown and gray; crown, cheeks, and jugulum, spotted with 
white, having a white luniform list over the eyes ; the middle 
wing-coverts blackish-brown in the centre, with a streak of 
black across the three external remiges, near the tip; external 
quills wood-brown; tail ferruginous; the middle feathers black ; 
upper mandible pale-brown, lower one whitish ; irides orange; 
legs and feet brown. Length, four inches and a half. Inhabits 
Cayenne. 
ORDER IV.—GRANIVOROUS BIRDS. 
Bill more or less conical, short, and strong; culmen more or 
less depressed and dilated, and advancing upon the forehead ; 
