FRINGILLID^. 



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

 Sp. 9. AI. arenaria. Steph. v. x.p.5l5. — Alauda bracliydactyla. 



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

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

 Ai.. rufo-isabellinaj infra pallidiore, guld albidd; alis caudaqtce 



fuscis ; pennis rufo-isaheUina marginntis. 

 Red-isabella Lark, beneath palest, with the throat whitish ; 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 CoL 3. 



Ajj. riLfo'fusca 3 nigricante maculata; superciliis isabellinis ; ma- 

 cula lorium nigrd ; lateribiis colli nigra maculatis; pectore 

 lateribusque rtifo-isabellinis ; collo antice ventrisque medio albis; 

 rectricibus lateralibus nigris, extcrnis 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- 



