BIRDS. PASSEItES. 21. 22. 41 



$3: F. cannabina. Chesnut brown, beneath rufous- white : 

 front and breast more or Jess red : wings with a lon- 

 gitudinal white band : tail-feathers dusky, edged with 

 white. 



Greater Redpole. Br. Zool. t. 54. Lerjuin t. 78. Walcot t. 222.. 



Length 6 inches : extent nearly 10 : weight 5 drachms. 

 Bill bluish : iris hazel : head and neck grey ; front and breaft with 

 rofy fpots : belly pale rufous : vent whitish : quills more or lefs 

 white on the outer-webs : 4 middle tail-feathers dark brown : legs 

 brown. Female and young bird without the red on the front 

 and breast. 



89. F. linaria. Above rufous-brown with dusky spots : 

 chin black : front and breast red : wings with a dou- 

 ble white band. 



Lesser Redpole. Br. Zool. t. 54. Lewin t. 79, Donovan t. 114. 



Length 5 inches : extent 7 and-a-half : weight 2 drachms and a half. 

 Bill dull yellow : iris hazel : throat and belly whitish : sides with 

 brown lines : wing-coverts dusky tipt with white, forming 2 bars 

 on the wings : quill and tail-feathers edged with dull white : legs 

 dusky. Female faffron on the front, and without the red on the 

 breast. 



90. F. Montium. Above rufous with dusky marks, be- 

 neath whitish : feathers of the lower part of the neck 

 black in the middle : wings with a whitish band : 

 rump red. 



Twite. Br. Zool. t. 53. Lewin t, 80. Walcot. t. 216. 



Length nearly 6 inches : rather larger than the linnet. 

 2??'// yellowish, with a dusky tip : iris hazel : crown and rump red : 

 feathers of the upper-parts dusky, edged with rufous : throat pale 

 rufous with blackish fpots : eyes with a pale brown fpot above and 

 below : lesser wing-coverts with a dull white edge : quills and tail- 

 feathers with dull white outer-webs : legs blackish. 



Female dull brown, without the red on the rump. 



21. MUSCICAPA. Flycatcher. 



91. M. Grisola. Above grey-brown, with dusky spots on 

 the head ; beneath dull white, with dusky spots on 

 the breast and sides : rump inclining to rufous. 



Spotted Flycatcher. Lewin t. 93. Walcot. t. 224. 



Length not quite 6 inches : size of a titlark. 

 Bill dusky, broad at the bafe, carinate down the middle : iris hazel: 

 mouth yellow within : sides under the wings with a dull rufous 

 tinge : wing-coverts and tail-feathers dusky, with paler edges : legs 

 black. Male with a whitish ring round the neck. 



92. M. atricapilla. Above black, beneath white: front and 

 large patch- on the wings white : outermost tail- 

 feathers white on the outer-webs. 



Pied Flycatcher. Lewin t. 94. Donovan t. 22. Walcot. t. 225. 



Length nearly 5 inches : size of the Linnet. 

 Bill black : iris hazel : cheeks black : wings dusky : upper tail- 

 coverts mixed black and white ; legs back : Female dusky-brown 

 where the male is black, and the white more obfeure and hardly 

 visible on the front. . 



22. ALAUDA. Lark. 

 93- A. arvensis. Rufous-brown spotted with black: chin, 

 belly, and vent yellowish-white : 2 outer tail-feathers 

 white down their outer-webs, the middle-ones with 

 light rufous margins. 



