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Show 1874.] LARKS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. 633 Objimbinque, Damara Land, June 20, 1866 (C. J. A.), c, 2 • Ondonga, Ovampo Land, November 1, 1867 (0. J. A.). E mus. J. H. Gurney:-a, 2 • Potchefstroom, Transvaal, June 16, 1872 (T Ayres). E mus: H. B. Tristram :-a, 2 • Transvaal, May, 1870 (T. Ayres). 10. TEPHROCORYS, gen. n. 11. TEPHROCORYS CINEREA. La Cendrilte, Buff. H. N. Ois. v. p. 64. Cinereous Lark, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 388 (1783). Alauda cinerea, Gm. S. N. i. p. 798 (1788, ex Lath.); Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 23 ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 71 (1871) ; Giebel, Thes. Orn. p. 293 (1872); Buckley, Ibis, 1874, p. 383. La petite Alouette a tete rousse, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. iv. p. 199 (1800) ; Sundev. Crit. om Levaill, p. 46 (1857). Megalophonus cinereus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 382 (1844); Bp. Consp. i. p. 244 (1850) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 212 (1867); Ayres, Ibis, 1869, p. 295; Gray, Hand-1. ii. p. 122 (1870); Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 197 (1872). Calandritis cinerea, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 123 (1850). Alauda spleniata, Strickl. Orn. Syn. 1852, p. 152. Calandrella cinerea, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 39 (1854); Gurney, Ibis, 1864, p. 353. Megalophonus anderssoni, Tristr. Ibis, 1869, p. 434, et 1870, p. 444 ; Gurney, in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 198. Adult male. Above ashy, mottled with dark brown centres to the feathers, some of the dorsal plumes washed with sandy colour; crown of head bright chestnut, forming a cap, some of the feathers slightly margined with fulvous; hind neck decidedly ashy, paler than the back and forming a kind of collar ; wing-coverts ashy brown, with broad fawn-coloured margins, forming a conspicuous shouider-patch ; the greater and primary coverts ashy brown, with ashy-fulvous edgings; quills dark brown, margined with ashy fulvous, inclining to rufous near the base of the feathers; the outer primary with a broad external margin of creamy white ; upper tail-coverts rufous fawn-colour, the longest shaded with brown down the middle; tail-feathers dark brown, the penultimate and outer feather edged with white occupying the whole external web of the latter ; the two centre tail-feathers margined with ashy brown ; small frontal plumes whitish ; lores and a distinct eyebrow white, as also the feathers under the eye and the cheeks white, the latter slightly spotted with brown; ear-coverts pale rufous; sides of neck clear ashy grey; throat white; rest of under surface also white ; the middle of the breast ashy fulvous ; the sides of the upper breast bright chestnut, forming a patch on both sides ; sides of body inclining to ashy fulvous, washed with fawn-colour on the lower flanks ; thighs ashy fulvous ; under wing-coverts pale ashy grey ; the edge of the wing fulvous white ; inner lining of wing ashy brown, the inner webs of the quills slightly rufescent towards the base ; " bill yellowish brown; P R O C ZOOL.'Soc-1874, No. XLI. 41 |
