BIRDS. 87 



Trichas velata. G. R. Gray, 



Sylvia velata, Vieill. Ois. de I'Amer. Sept. ii. pi. 74. 



D'Orb. Sf Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1836, p. 20. 



Tanagra canicapilla, Swains. 111. Orn. pi. 174. 

 Trichas canicapiUa, Sicains. 



My specimen was procured at Maldonado in June. 



Family.— FRINGILLID^. 



Sub-Fam.— ALAUDIN^. 



Melanocorypha cinctura. Gould. 



M. Fcem.fuscescenti rufa ; guld abdomineque medio pallidioribus ; remigihus ad apicem 

 nigrescenti fuscis ; rectricibus singulis maculd alba ovatd nigrescenti fused ad apicem 

 notatis. 



Long. tot. 5f unc. ; alee, Q\ ; cmidw, 2\ ; tarsi., | ; rost. |. 



The whole of the plumage, bill, and feet, sandy rufous brown, which is lightest on 

 the throat and centre of the abdomen; primaries near their extremities pass- 

 ing into blackish-brown ; and each of the tail feathers with a large oval 

 spot of blackish-brown near the tip. 



Habitat, St. Jago, Cape Verde Islands. (September.) 



This bird inhabits the most arid plains of lava ; it runs, and in its habits resem- 

 bles, in many respects, a lark. 



Pyrrhalauda nigriceps. Gould. 



P. supra fuscescenti alba, pluniis medio obscurioribus ; fronte, genis linedque pectoris 

 utrinque albis ; corpore infra lineuque d basi rostri supra oculos ad occiput transiente 

 nigris ; caudce plumis mediis nigrescentibus fuscescenti albo marginatis, plumis 

 externis atris. 



Long. tot. 4| unc, alee, 2| ; cauihv, 1-| ; tarsi, -£^ ; rost. -^. 



Upper surface brownish-white, with the middle of the feathers darker ; the front, 

 cheeks, and a line on each side of the breast white ; beneath the body, and 

 aline from the bill passing over the eyes to the hind head, black; the tail 

 with the middle feathers blackish, margined with brownish-white, the outer 

 feathers deep black ; the bill and feet pale. 



