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12. Argya fulva. 



Tardus fulvus, Besfonf. Mem. de TAcad. Roy. Sci. 1787, p. 498,131 xi 

 (1789). '■ ^' ' 



Malurus numidicus, Levaill. jun. Expl. Scientif. Alger., Atlas Ois. 

 pi. Us. fig. 1 (ISoO) ; Malh. Faun. Orn. Alger, p. 11 (1855). 



Crateropus acacife, Malh. Faun. Orn. AUjer. p. 18 (18oo). 



Crateropus fulvus, Bp. Cat. Parzud., App. p. 18, sp. 2.3 (1856) ; 

 Tristr. Ibis, 1859, p. 420; id. Ibis' 1865, p. 80; Brake, Ibis, 1869, 

 pp. 152, 153; Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 280, no. 4136 (1869); 

 Gurneij,Jiin., Ibis, 1871, p. 78. 



Crateropus numidicus, Loc/ie, Cat. Mamm. e.t Ois. Alger, p 75 (1858) • 

 id. E.ipl. Sci. Alger., Ois. i. p. 236 (1867). 



Chatorhea fulvus, Blgth, Ibis, 1867, p. 6. 



Argja fulva, Dresser, B. Fur. part xlv. (1875). 



Adult male. General colour above pale sandy brown, with indi- 

 stinct sbaft-lines on the feathers of the back ; the lower back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts lighter fawn-colour than the back; head 

 slightly more rufous fawn-colour than the back, like which it ex- 

 hibits dusky shaft-lines ; wing-coverts and quills very pale fawn- 

 colour, the quills ashy brown on the inner webs ; tail-feathers pale 

 brown, with dusky cross bars under certain lights, the feathers 

 rather paler on their edges, especially the outermost, which is 

 margined externally with sandy white ; lores dusky ashy, as also 

 the feathers below the front part of the eye ; ear-coverts pale sandy 

 rufous, as also the cheeks, the base of which are shaded with ashy ; 

 moustachial lino and throat white, shading off on the lower part of 

 the latter into sandy buff, which pervades the whole of the under 

 surface, being paler on the centre of the abdomen and deeper on the 

 flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts and axil- 

 laries Hght fawn-colour ; quills pale ashy brown below, pale fawn- 

 colour along the inner web; "bill horny black; feet yellowish 

 brown ; claws brown ; iris hazel " (LocJie). Total length 10 inches, 

 culmen 0-95, wing 3-75, tail 5, tarsus 1-25. 



Adult female. Like the male. Total length 10 inches, culmen 1, 

 wing 3-7, tail 5, tarsus 1-3. 



Hah. Found in the oases of the Algerian Sahara and also 

 between Morocco and Mogador ; it was originally discovered in 

 Tunis, and extends into Tripoli. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Fezzan (Gagliuffi). Gould Collection. 



b. ^ ad. sk. Algeria. M. Verreaux. 



c. $ ad. sk. Algeria, April 28, 1870. J.' H. Gurnev, Esq., 



Jun. [P.]. 



13. Argya acacise. 



Sphenura acaciae, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 40 (1823); Riipp. Syst. 



Uebers. p. 30 (1845) ; Heugl. Sijst. Uebers. p. 30 (1850). 

 Malurus acacise, Cretzschm. in Riipp. Atlas, p. 28, Taf. 18 (1826). 

 Crateropus acaciae, Gray, Gen. B. iii. App. p. 10 (1849) ; Bp. Consp, 



