. On the natural history and classification of birds . han the tarsus; lateral toesequal, but shorter than the hinder. All the clawsstrong, and fully curved, {fig. £64.)A. superciliosus. Riipp. Atlas, pi. 15. West Af. i. 209. Subfam. ALAUDINJE. Larks. Bill more lengthened than in any of the Fringillidce ;the tip entire, or obsoletely notched. Tertial quills con-siderably lengthened, pointed, and generally as long asthe quills. Claws very slightly curved; the claw of theouter toe always shorter than that of the inner toe;the hinder claw considerably lengthened, and eithernearly straight, or ver
. On the natural history and classification of birds . han the tarsus; lateral toesequal, but shorter than the hinder. All the clawsstrong, and fully curved, {fig. £64.)A. superciliosus. Riipp. Atlas, pi. 15. West Af. i. 209. Subfam. ALAUDINJE. Larks. Bill more lengthened than in any of the Fringillidce ;the tip entire, or obsoletely notched. Tertial quills con-siderably lengthened, pointed, and generally as long asthe quills. Claws very slightly curved; the claw of theouter toe always shorter than that of the inner toe;the hinder claw considerably lengthened, and eithernearly straight, or very slightly , Linn. Bill cylindrical. Nostrils very long; no spurious quill; the first, second,and third quills longest, and nearly equal; the restconsiderably graduated; tips of the lesser quillsemarginate. Tail forked. Head crested. Europeand America. The fissirostral arvensis. Selby, 50, f. 1. cornuta. Wils. pi. 5. f. 4. U 2 ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. Calendula, Linn. Bill thick, much compressed ; the. culmen curved and convex ; the commissure arched :the tip of the upper mandible wide above, andinflexed. Wings long, or moderate; the first quillvery small and spurious; the second nearly equal tothe third and fourth; lesser quills short, slightly forked. Lateral toes equal. dentirostral type. (fig. 265.) C. magnirostris. Ois. dAf. pi. 193. Myrafra, Horsf. Bill as in Calendula. Wings short,rounded ; greater quills hardly longer than thesecondaries and tertials; the first quill spurious,half the length of the second, which is shorter thanthe third; the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth equal,and longest. Tail short, even. Legs Javanica. Lin. Tr. xiii. 159. Braconyoc, Sw. (fig. 266.) Bill as in Calendula. Hinderclaw very short. Wings and tarsi much
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