550 ' AVES. 



Genus 36.— A NTHUS.— ^ec/uiem. 



Generic Character. Bill straight, cylindrical, slender, subulate near tha 

 point ; edges inflected towards the centre ; base of upper mandible carinat- 

 ed, slightly bent down, and notched at tlie tip; nostrils basal, lateral, and 

 ovate ; partly hid by an arcuated membrane ; tarsus usually longer than the 

 middle toe, to which the external one adheres as far as the first joint ; claw 

 ot the hallux longer than the toe ; third and fourth quills the longest. 



Anthus prateiisis. — The Tit- Lark. Plate xxxiii. fig. 9. Upper parts dusky 

 green, with the centre of the feathers brownish-black ; under parts yellow- 

 ish-white, spotted with blackish-brown upon the sides of the neck and breast ; 

 under parts white; hypochondria, with dark streaks ; tail feathers blackisli- 

 brown, the exterior ones, with the edges of the web, white, and terminat- 

 ed by a long white spot ; second feather with a small white spot at its tip. 

 Five inches and a half long. Inhabits Europe. 



Genus Sl.—^EOVS.— rieillot. 



Generic Cka7-acter.—Bi\l slender, much compressed at the sides, entire, 

 pointed ; upper mandible straight, lower mandible shorter, curved down- 

 wards 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 externsil 

 and internal toes are joined to the middle one as far as the first joint. 



Neops ruficauda.— The Red-Tailed Neops. Plate xxvii. fig. 9. Chestnut, 

 brown; the throat, abdomen, and crissum, mixed with brown and gray; 

 frown, cheeks, and jugulum. spotted with white, having a white liniiform 

 list over the eyes ; the middle wing-coverts blackish-brown in the centre, 

 with a streak of black across the three external remiges, neai- the tip ; ex- 

 ternal quills wood-brown ; tail ferruginoiis ; the middle ones 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 deprets- 

 ed and dilated, advancing upon the forehead ; mandibles mostly without 

 notches; feet with three toes before and one behitid, the anterior ones entire- 

 ly divided; wings of medium length. 



Genus 1.— ALAUDA. — Linnceus. 



Generic Character.— )i'M subconic, short ; mandibles of equal length, the 

 upper one slightly arcuated ; nostrils basal, Iater.il, ovate, and partly con. 

 cealed by short reflected feathers ; claw of the hallux much produced, and 

 nearly straight ; wings with the first quills short, or awanting ; the third the 

 longest ; coronal feathers usually produced, and capable of being erected into 

 a crest. 



Alanda arvensis.— The Sky- Lark. Plate xxxiii. fig. 10. Described, voL iiL 



p. 25t. 

 Alauda arhorea.~The Wood-Lark. Plate xxxiii. Sg. 8, Described, voU 



iii. p. 'i5^. 



