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Show BIRDS. TRICHAS VELATA. G. R. Gray. Sylvia velata, Vieill. Ois. do l'Amer. Sept. ii. pl. 74 • .D'Orb. 4' Lafr. Mag. do Zool. 1836, p. 20. Tanagra canicapilla, S1caim. Ill. Om. pl. 17 4. Tricbas canicapilla, Swains. My specimen was procured at Maldonado in June. FAMILy.-FRIN GILLIDJE. Sun-F AM.-ALA UD IN lE. MELANOCORYPHA CINCTURA. Gould. 87 M. Fcem. fuscescenti rufa; guM abdomineque medio pallidioribus; remigihus ad apicem nigrescenti fuscis; 1'ecl1·icibus singulis maculd albd ovatd nig1·escenti fused ad apicem notatis. Long. tot. 5! unc. ; alaJ, 3~; caudaJ, 2t; tarsi, i; rost. §. 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 passing 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 resembles, in many respects, a lark. PYRRHALAUDA NIGRICEPS. Gould. P · supra fuscescenti alba, plum is medio obscurioribus ; fronte, genis line&que pectoris ut1·inque albis; corpore infra linedque a basi ?'Ostri szlpra oculos ad occiput transiente nigris; caudce plumis mediis nigrescentibus fuscescenti alho marginatis, plumis externis at1·is. Long. tot. 4~ unc., alaJ, 2~ ; caudaJ, li; tarsi, -.frJ; rost. -frJ• 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 a line 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. |
