T r ic h a s v e l a t a . G. R . Gray.
Sylvia velata, Vieill Ois. de l’Amer. Sept. ii. pl. 74.
___________ D ’Orh. 4- La/r. Mag. de Zool. 1836, p. 20.
Tanagra canicapilla, Swains. 111. Orn. pl. 174.
Trichas canicapilla, Swains.
My specimen was procured at Maldonado in June.
Family.-FR ING IL L IDÆ .
S u b -F am .— ALAUDINÆ.
M e l a n o c o r y p h a c i n c t u r a . Gould.
M. Foem. fuscesceuti rufa; gulâ abdomineque medio pallidioribus ; remigibus adapicem
nigrescenti fuscis ; rectricibus singulis maculà albâ ovatâ nigrescenti fuscâ ad apicem
notatis.
Long. tot. 5 | unc. ; aloe, 3^ ; candoe, 2 ^ t<^rsi, | ; rost.
The whole of the plumage, hill, 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.
P y r r h a l a u d a n i g r i c e p s . Gould.
P . supra fuscesceuti alba, plumis medio obscurioribus ; fronte, genis lineâque pectoris
utrinque albis ; corpore infra Unecique à basi rostri supra oculos ad occiput transiente
nigris; caudæ plumis mediis nigrescentibus fuscesceuti albo marginatis, plumis
externis atris.
Long. tofc. 4 | unc., aloe, 2 | ; caudæ, 1 -|; tarsi, 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
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.