FRlNGILLmTE. 



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. Rostro redo, crasso, subobhiso. 



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



Sp. 12. AI. ealandra. Steph. v. x. p. 513. — South of Europe, 

 and the deserts of Asia. 



Sp. 13. Al. clamosa, 



Al. castaneOy fusco^ nigroque varia, et alho transverse striata ; 

 guld albd; pectore alho Julvoque marmorato ; corpore sijblvs 

 aura7itiaco-alho. 



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. Le Vaill. Ois. d" Afriq, \y.p)h \ 94* — Clapper 

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



