BIRDS. 87 



Trichas velata. G. R. Gray. 



Sylvia velata, Vieill. Ois. de l'Amer. Sept. ii. pi. 74. 



D'Orb. $ Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1836, p. 20. 



Tanagra canicapilla, Swains. 111. Orn. pi. 174. 

 Trichas canicapilla, Swains. 



My specimen was procured at Maldonado in June. 



Family.— FMNGILLIDJ3. 



Sub-Fam.— ALAUDINtE. 



Melanocorypha cinctura. Gould. 



M. Fcem . fuscescenti rufa ; guld abdomineque medio pallidioribus ; remigibus ad apicetn 

 nigrescenti fuscis ; rectricibus singulis macula alba ovatd nigrescenti fused ad apicem 

 notatis. 



Long. tot. 5f unc. ; alee, 8\ ; caiicke, 2\ ; tarsi, f ; rost. J. 



The whole of the plumage, bill, and feet, sandy rufous brown, which is lightest on 

 the throat and centre of the abdomen; primaries near their extremities pass- 

 ing into blackish-brown ; and each of the tail feathers with a large oval 

 spot of blackish-brown near the tip. 



Habitat, St. Jago, Cape Verde Islands. {September.) 



This bird inhabits the most arid plains of lava ; it runs, and in its habits resem- 

 bles, in many respects, a lark. 



Pyrrhalauda nigriceps. Gould. 



P. supra fuscescenti alba, plumis medio obscurioribus ; fronte, genis linedque pectoris 

 utrinque albis ; corpore infra linedque a basi rostri supra oculos ad occiput transiente 

 nigris ; caudm plumis mediis nigrescentibus fuscescenti albo marginatis, plumis 

 externis atris. 



Long. tot. 4f unc, aim, 2| ; caudw, If; tarsi, -f^; rost. T %. 



Upper surface brownish-white, with the middle of the feathers darker ; the front, 

 cheeks, and a line on each side of the breast white ; beneath the body, and 

 aline from the bill passing over the eyes to the hind head, black; the tail 

 with the middle feathers blackish, margined with brownish-white, the outer 

 feathers deep black; the bill and feet pale. 



