2. A.LMyioy. 



517 



coloure: birds of the Eastern Cape Colony there is a perfect <^rada- 

 tion m the amount of rufous in the plumage, the very Lhleo Wd 

 bu-ds from Great Xamaqua-Land and Damara-Laad\eing Tnlv the 

 extreme rufous forms. The difference in depth of color^tW pro! 

 bably depends upon the habitat of the birds themselves and the 

 nature of the country they frequent 



Ifab. The northern districts of the Cape Colony to .\atal and the 

 Transvaal on tlie east, and Great Xamaqua-Land on the west 



Ad. sk. 

 b, c. Ad. ; d. Juv 



sk. 

 «)/• 6 ad.sk. 

 ff-i. Ad. sk. 

 k, I. d' ad. sk. 



t». 2 ad. sk. 



n. (S ad. sk. 



0- d ; P, q. $ 



ad. sk. 

 r. Ad.; s. (j' juv. 



sk. 

 t, u. Ad. sk. 



v-.r. S\y,z, a', b'. 

 ? ad. sk. 



South Africa. 

 . Northern Cape Colony. 



Hope Town (T. C. Atmore). 



Colesberg {Ortlepp). 



Port Elizabeth, June, Auo- 



{Ortlepp). 

 Drakensburg .Uts., Natal 



{Wahlberg). 

 Ingagane River, Natal, June 



23 {Savile Reid). 

 Newcastle, May, June (E. A 



Butler). 

 Transvaal {T. E. Buckley). 



Rustenburg, E. Transvaal 



( W. Lucas). 

 Great Namaqua-Land, May 

 June (C. J. Andersson).' ' 



E. Wilson, Esq. [P. 

 Sir A. Smith fC] 

 (Types of C. garriila.) 

 Shelley Cull. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



2. AL^MON. 



A\sem.Qn,Kem.u. Blan Wirb F,n- n vvv,WiH(m a T^'^®/- 



CalpTirlnlnnH'.. «/„/7 V < o n P' ? " ' ^^"^^^ •• A. alaudipes. 



Calendulauda, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xxiy. p. 258 (18o5) A. nivosa 



A. Foot of A!(emon alaudipes, to show bind toe. 



B. Wing of Alcemon alaudipes, to show first pri'marj'. 



