FRINGILLID^. 2a 



cimen communicated by Mr. Kolly : length six 

 inches : the top of the head, the nape, back, wings, 

 upper tail-coverts, and two middle tail-feathers, are 

 clear reddish-brown, with a broad deep brown dash 

 down the shaft of each feather : over the eyes is a 

 streak of isabella colour : a black spot covers the 

 lores, surrounds the lateral edges of the base of the 

 beak, and is dilated beneath the lower mandible into a 

 kind of whisker : on the sides of the neck are several 

 dull blackish spots : the middle of the throat, the 

 fore part of the neck, and the middle of the belly, 

 are pure white : the breast and the sides are isabella, 

 more or less tinged with reddish : the quills are ash, 

 the exterior feathers being edged with isabella : the 

 lateral tail-feathers are pure black : the first is marked 

 with a conic isabella spot, which occupies the outer 

 half; the second is slightly edged with the same 

 colour : all the feathers are of equal length : the legs 

 and the beak are yellowish-white; and the point, and 

 also the back of the upper mandible are brown. 



B. Rostra redo, crasso, suhohtuso. 



B. With the beak straight, stout^ rather obtuse. 



Sp. 12. Al, calandra. Steph. v. x. j;. 513. — South of Europe, 

 and the deserts of Asia. 



Sp. 13. Al. clainosa. 



Al. cnsianeo, J^usco, nigroqne varia, et albo transverse striata ; 



guld alba; pectore albo Julvoque marmorato ; corpore subtvs 



aurantiaco-albo. 

 Lark varied with chesnut, brown and black, and transversely 



striped with white ; with the throat white ; the breast marbled 



with white and fulvous ; the body beneath orange-white. 

 L'Alouette bateleuse. LeVaill. Ois.d' Afriy.iv.jjL 194. — Clapper 



Lark. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. vi, p. 300. 



