BIRDS. 
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Trichas velata. G. JR. Gray. 
Sylvia velata, Vieill. Ois. de l’Amer. Sept. ii. pi. 74. 
D’Orb. if 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. — FRINGILLIDiE. 
Sub-Fam. — ALAUDINiE. 
Melanocorypha cinctura. Gould . 
M. Fcem. fuscescenti rufa ; guld abdomineque medio pallidioribus ; remigibus ad apicem 
nigrescenti fuscis ; rectricibus singulis macula alba ovatd nigrescenti fused ad apicem 
notatis. 
Long. tot. 5f unc. ; alee, ; caudce , 2^ ; tarsi , J ; 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 lineaque pectoris 
utrinque albis ; corpore infra lineaque a basi rostri supra oculos ad occiput transiente 
nigris ; caudce plumis mediis nigrescentibus fuscescenti albo marginatis, plumis 
externis atris. 
Long. tot. 4f unc., aloe, 2| ; caudce , 1-|; tarsi , -^- s ; rost. 
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. 
