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edged with fulTOUs-brown, somewliat tinged with olive ; lower back 

 and rump uniform dark brown, washed with olive ; upper tail- 

 eoverts dark brown, with fulvous-brown margius ; lesser wing- 

 coverts uniform dark sandy brown ; median and greater coverts dark 

 brown, broadly margined with tawny buif, with a slight tinge of 

 olive ; bastard-wing dark brown, the outer feather margined with 

 white, slightly tinged with buff; primary-coverts dark brown, mar- 

 gined with olive ; quills dark brown, edged with fulvous, the first 

 primary white along the outer web ; tail-feathers dark brown, edged 

 with lighter brown, the outer ones smoky white, obliquely dark 

 brown on the inner web ; penultimate feather edged with smoky 

 white externally and paler brown at tip ; head like the back ; lores 

 tawny buff, extending a little above the eye ; eyelid yellowish buff ; 

 ear-coverts dull tawny buff, streaked with dark brown ; cheeks 

 yellowish buff, spotted with dark brown ; chin and throat yellowish 

 buff, the former uniform, the lower throat spotted with dusky, these 

 spots becoming larger and more distinct on the fore neck and chest, 

 which is very broadly streaked with blackish centres to the feathers ; 

 lower breast and abdomen white, the sides of the body and flanks 

 fulvous, very broadly streaked with dark brown or blackish ; thighs 

 oUve-fulvous ; under tail-coverts pale sandy buff, the basal ones 

 with concealed dark-brown centres, the longer ones dark brown 

 with lighter brown edges ; under wing-coverts light sandy buff, 

 slightly mottled with dusky bases ; the axillaries white, washed with 

 olive-yellow : quills pale dusky brown below, with a broad extent 

 of ashy white along the inner web : " upper mandible dark brown, 

 the lower one pale ashy colour ; nostrils linear ; tarsi and feet pale ; 

 iris dark hazel "' {T. Ayres). Total length 4'6 inches, culmen 0-45, 

 wing 2'6, tail 1-6, tarsus 0'65. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour, with a strong shade 

 of yellowish olive on the lores, eyebrow, sides of neck, and chest. 

 Total length 4'7 inches, culmen 0*45, wing 2-5, tail 1-7, tarsus 

 0-65. 



ToHH(7 (Rustenburg, N'ov. 16: W. Lucas). More Lark-like than 

 the adults. Sandy rufous above, with broad black centres to the 

 feathers and pale sandy tips ; the rump uniform sandy rufous ; the 

 edgings to the wing-coverts, quills, and tail-feathers sandy rufous ; 

 under sui'face of body pale isabelliue, the throat minutely and the 

 breast and fore neck broadly streaked with black ; the flanks 

 uniform. 



Winter 2>^umage (Rustenburg, April 22 ; W. Lucas). Very 

 similar to the foregoing immature plumage. Sandy rufous instead 

 of olive-brown, as in summer, the margins to the wing-coverts and 

 quills particularly broadly edged with sandy rufous, as are also the 

 tail-feathers ; lores and feathers round the eye white ; under sur- 

 face of body isabelhne, with much narrower streaks of black on the 

 fore neck and chest than in summer : flanks uniform sandy rufous : 

 " upper mandible dusky, lower mandible pale : tarsi and feet pale 

 brown; iris dark hazel" (W. Lucas). Total length 5"3 inches, 

 culmen 0-5, wing 2-9, tail 2-2, tarsus 0-7. 



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