FRINGILLID.E. €1 



Sp. 1. Al. arvensis. Steph. u. \.p. 502. — Britain and Europe. 



Sp. 2, Al. Italica. Steph, v. x. p. 509. — Europe. 



Sp. 3. Al. arborea. Steph, v. x. ;;. 506. pL 47. — Al. cristatella? 

 Steph. V. X, p. 505.' — Britain and Europe. 



Sp. 4. Al. cristata. Steph. v. x. p. 533. — Europe. 



Sp. 5. Al. undata. Steph. v. \.p. 535. — South of Europe. 



Sp. 6. Al. flava. Steph. v. x. p. 522 — Al. Sibirica. Steph. v. x. 

 p. 512. — North of Europe. 



Sp. 7. Al. bilopha. Temm. PL Col. 244./. 1. 



Al. capite bicristata; cjistd, Jascia capitali, pennis basi mandi- 

 hula superioris, loris, t(Snia lata per ocidos, lunuldque pectorali 

 nigris; corpore supra rufofusco alboque vario ; infra albido. 



Lark with the head double-crested; the crests, a band on the 

 head, the feathers at the base of the upper mandible^, the lores, 

 a broad stripe through the eyes, and a crescent on the breast, 

 black ; the body above varied with red, brown, and white ; be- 

 neath whitish. 



Inhabits Arabia. Length five inches and a half: 

 distinguished by a tuft composed of long decomposed 

 feathers on the sides of the head above the eyes, and 

 resembling two horns ; this, a band passing from one 

 eye to the other, the space round the upper half of 

 the beak, the lores, a broad band beneath the eyes, 

 and a broad crescent on the breast, are pure black : 

 the throat, the fore part of the neck, a band on the 

 forehead, the eyebrows, and the feathers on the ears, 

 as well as the belly and vent, are white : the occiput, 

 the nape, the shoulders, and the wings are reddish ; 

 all the greater wing-coverts are tipped with white, 

 and the outer quill is bordered with the same : the 

 two middle tail-feathers are reddish ; the rest are 

 black ; but the two lateral ones on either side are 

 edged with white on the outer webs : the tail is even : 

 the toes are very short ; the hinder claw stout, short, 

 and nearly straight : the back and legs are black. 



