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9 Striis corporis superioris et tectricum alarum marginibus sub- 
rufescentibus ; dorso postico et ventre dilutius ferrugineis ; striis 
pectoris sparsioribus, in gula fere evanescentibus. 
Long. tota 5°8; alee 2°1; caude 3°1. 
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. Pirnys ERyYTHROPHRYS, Sclater. (Pl. LXXII. fig. 1.) 
Olivaceo-brunneus, subtus medialiter albus ; fronte loris et regione 
superciliari utrinque clare ferrugineis ; loris et regione auriculari 
nigris ; striis quibusdam indistinctis in lateribus pectoris cinereis ; 
alis caudaque nigricanti-brunneis, illius remigibus clare rufo- 
brunneo limbatis et tectricibus omnibus maculis parvis terminalibus 
albis. 
Long. tota 4°5 ; alee 2°7; caude 1:7. 
Hab. In Nova Grenada. 
This is not a true Pithys, 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? 
4. Notes ON THE Hasits or some INp1IAN Birps. Parr VI. 
By Lirut. Burgess. 
Family FrinGiuuip2#, 
Sub-Family PyrrHuLin#. 
Genus PyRRHULAUDA. 
PyRRHULAUDA CRUCIGER (Temm.). 
Buack-BELLIED Fincw Lark. 
This little 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- 
bably to the similarity in colour of the plumage of the wings and 
back with that of the burnt grass and dusty ground to escape 
notice. This little lark breeds during the months of January and 
February, building its nest, which is composed of grass, threads, &c., 
in a hollow in the grassy plains which it inhabits. A nest of this 
species which was brought to me at the end of January was com- 
posed chiefly of grass; it contained two small eggs, of a grey 
tint, speckled with brown. They have been unfortunately broken. 
Dr. Jerdon says: “I was fortunate enough to obtain the nest and 
eggs of this bird very lately (February). The nest is composed 
of woven thread mingled with some fibres of grass and one or two 
small fragments of cloth. The sides are hardly raised at all; it 
