22 FRINGILLlDiE. 



Sp. 8. Al. alpestris. Steph. v. x. p. 530. — North America. 



Sp. 9. Al. arenaria. Steph. v. x. p. 515. — Alauda brachydactyla. 



2'emm. Man. d'Orn. 2 Edit. ii. — South of France. 

 Sp. 10. Al. isabellina. Teynm. PI. Col. 244./. 2. 

 A I., rujh-isabellina, infra pallidiore, gida albidd; alis caudaque 



Jiiscis ; pennis ruJo-isabeUina marginntis. 

 Red-isabella Lark, beneath palest, with the throat M'hitish ; the 



wings and tail brown ; their feathers edged with isabella-red. 



Inhabits Arabia. Length five inches and three 

 quarters ; the general tint of the plumage is an isa- 

 bella-red ; deep and unspotted on the upper parts, 

 and clear on the under parts, excepting the throat, 

 which is whitish ; slightly tinged with deep isabella : 

 the feathers of the wings and tail are deep brown, 

 outwardly edged with isabella-red ; the tail itself is 

 slightly emarginate in the middle, and its outer fea- 

 thers is rather shorter than the following, which makes 

 the tail appear doubly rounded : the beak is whitish 

 at its base, and ashy at its tip ; rather shorter than in 

 A. brachydactyla : the legs are clear brown : the 

 hinder claw is a little arched, but short. 



Sp. 11. M. Kollyi. Temm. PL Cut. 3. 



Al. rufo-fusca, nigricante macniata; superciliis isabellinis i ma- 

 cufd lorium yiigrd ; later ibus colli nigro maculatis ; pectore 

 latcribusque rtifo-isabellinis ; collo antice ventrisque medio albis ; 

 rectricibiis lateralibus nigris, externis strigd isabellina. 



Red-brown Lark, spotted with dusky; with the eyebrows isabella 

 colour ; a black spot on the lores ; the sides of the neck spotted 

 with black ; the breast and sides isabella-red; the neck in front 

 and middle of the belly white; the outer tail-feathers black, 

 with an isabella stripe on the outer feather. 



Supposed by Temminck to inhabit Southern Eu- 

 rope ; described by him from an injured living spe- 



