Alauda nigra, _Boddater_. —— rufa, _Gmel._ —— fulva, _Lath._ Index. Anthus fulvus, _Vieill._ Ency. Meth. p. 309. —— variegatus, _Gerv. & Eydoux_, Mag. de Zool. 1836, p. 26. Sylvia dorsalis, _King._ Lessonia erythronotus, _Swains._ Class. of Birds. Alouette noire à dos fauve, _Pl. enl._ 738. L’Alouette à dos rouge, _Azara_, No. 149. This bird has a wide geographical range. It is found in La Plata, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and on the west coast at least as far north as the valley of Copiapó, in Northern Chile. It is every where common: it is a quiet, tame, inoffensive little bird: it lives on the ground, and frequents sand-dunes, beaches, and rocky coasts, which it seldom leaves: the broad shingly beds of the rivers in Chile have, however, tempted it inland, together with the Opetiorhynchus. I was told that it builds in low bushes. 1. ANTHUS CORRENDERA. _Vieill._ Anthus correndera, _Vieill._ Ency. Meth. i. p. 325. La correndera, _Azara_, No. 145. This titlark is found in La Plata, Chile, and the Falkland Islands. I was informed by an intelligent sealer, that it is the only land-bird on Georgia and South Orkney (lat. 61° S.): it has, therefore, probably a further range southward than any other land-bird in the southern hemisphere. It does not live in flocks, is very common, and resembles a true Alauda in most of its habits. This species (as well as the following) is so closely allied to our meadow pipit, _Anthus pratensis_, that Latham considered it only as a variety; the latter has a high northern range, as the former has a southern one. There can be little doubt that the bird alluded to by Mr. Yarrell (British Birds, p. 392, vol. i.) as having been caught in the Southern Atlantic Ocean, nine hundred miles from Georgia, was this species, which was mistaken, owing to its close similarity, for the true _Anthus pratensis_. 2. ANTHUS FURCATUS. _D’Orb. & Lafr._ A. furcatus, _D’Orb. & Lafr._ Mag. de Zool. 1836, p. 27. Voy. de l’Amer. Mer. Av. p. 227.