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Show 1874.] LARKS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. 649 colour. In winter there are scarcely any pectoral markings. The following are the measurements of a pair of birds, the male collected by Mr. Andersson, and the female by Mr. Atmore. a, 3 ad., Damara Land b, 2 ad., Hope Town .. Long. tot. in. .. 6*7 .. 5*7 culmen. in. 0*6 0*55 wing. in. 3*7 3*45 tail. in. 2*85 2*5 tarsu in. 0-9 0-9 I have remeasured the type and found that the tarsus (whether out of shape I cannot say) is 1*1 inch in length, as Sir A. Smith also states. Young. Resembles the summer plumage of the adult, being rich fawn, the central dark brown markings being very broad, and each feather being tipped with lighter fawn-colour producing the usual varied appearance of a young Lark. The cheeks, throat, and chest are very thickly mottled with black, the spots very minute on the two former but much larger and blotch-like on the chest. Hab. From the northern and north-eastern districts of the Cape colony (summer), ranging into Damara Land (winter). Specimens examined. E mus. Brit.:-a, ad. South Africa (Sir A. Smith), b, c. South Africa (Sir A. Smith), d, e. South Africa, f, g,h, 3 2- Elephant Vley, Damara Land, August 26, Sept. 14, Nov. 20, 1859 (C. J. Andersson). E mus. R. B. S.:-a, 2 ad. Hope Town (T. C. Atmore). b, 3 juv. Griqua Land (T. C. A.), c, d. Otjimbinque, Damara Land, June 12 and 15, 1866 (C. J. Andersson). e. Ondonga, Ovampo Land, Oct. 30, 1866 (C. J. A.). Emus. H. B. Tristram :-a. Colesberg (Ortlepp). b, c, 3 • Otjimbinque, July 10, 1866 (C. J. A.), d. Otjuvahami, July 12, 1866 (C. J. A.). 20. MIRAFRA FRINGILLARIS. (Plate LXXV. fig. 1.) Alauda fringillaris, Sundev. CEfv. Vet. Akad. Forh. Stockh. 1850, p. 99. Mirafra occipitalis, Gray, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 121 (1870, err.). Adult. Above dusky brown, the feathers margined with ashy buff, but the general character of the upper surface more dingy than in most other Larks, some^of the back-feathers washed with fulvous; wing-coverts dull brown, narrowly margined with fulvous, the greater series with rufescent margins, especially at the tip; quills dark brown, the primaries with broad rufous margins narrowing towards the tip, the secondaries with ashy fulvous edgings; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts dull brown, slightly varied with ashy fulvous margins ; tail dark brown, the central feathers paler and plainly margined with fulvous, the other feathers less plainly edged, the penultimate one broadly margined with white on outer web, the outermost feather white at base, but obliquely white for P R O C ZOOL. SOC-1874, No. XLII. 42 |