522 ALAUDlDiE. 



a very much larger bill. Total length 7'2-8-0 inches, culmen 0-9- 

 0-95, wing 3-95-4-4, tail 3-25-3-6, tarsus 1-05-1-15. 



Hah. South Africa, from the interior of the Cape Colony to 

 Eenguela on the west, and the Transvaal on the east. 



a. Ad. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 



b, c. Ad. sk. South Africa (-E. L. Sbarpe Coll. 



Laya)-d). 



d,e.S'i f- ? fid. sk. Upington, Orange River, Dr. Bradshaw [P.]. 



April, June. 



g, h. 5 ad. sk. Hope Town ( T. C. Atmore). Sharpe Coll. 



i. c? ad. sk. Colesberg (T. C. Atmore). Sharpe Coll. 



k. (S ad. sk. Eland's Post (T. C. Atmore). Sharpe Coll. 



I. (S ad. sk. Stormherg (T. C. Atmore). Sharpe Coll. 



m. 2 ad. sk. Griqualand (T. C Atmore). Sharpe Coll. 



«, 0. cJ ad.sk. Ingagani River, Natal, June Shelley Coll. 



16SI {>'iai'ille Reid). 



p, q. S; r.2 ad. sk. Newcastle, Natal, June, July Shelley Coll. 



{E. A. Butler), 



s, t. cJ ad. sk. Transvaal, June 1873 (T. E Shelley Coll. 



Buckley). 



u. 6 ad. sk. Transvaal, Dec. 18, 1873 \V. E. & C. G. Gates, 



(F. Oates). Esqrs. [P.]. 



V. S ad. sk. Great Namaqua-Land. C. J. Andersson [C.]. 



w, X. (S ? ad. sk. Damara Land, May (C. /. Sharpe Coll. 



Andersson). 



u. Ad. sk. Beuo-uella. Monteiro Coll. 



3. Alaemon nivosa. 



Certhilauda nivosa. Swains. B. W. Afr. i. p. 213 (1837) ; id. Classif. 



B. ii. p. 293 (1837). 

 Alauda albescens, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 2.59. 

 Alauda guttata, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 259. 

 Alauda codea. Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Ares, pi. 87. fig. 1 (1843, 



ptil. Mem.) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 209 (18(37); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. 



B.^. 72 (1871). 

 Alauda lagepa, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Ares, pi. 87. fig. 2 (1843, 



ptil. (estic). 

 Megalophonus guttatus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 243 (1850) ; Laj/ard, B. S. 



Afr. p. 215 (1867); Gray, Hand-l B. ii. p. 123, no. 7829 (1870). 

 Megalophonus lagepa, Bp. Consp. i. p. 243 (1830) ; Laxjard, B. S. 



Afr. p. 214 (1867) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 122, no. 7822 (1870) ; 



Gurney, in Anderss. B. Bam. Ld. p. 200 (1872). 

 Galerita pvrrhonota, Bp. Consp. i. p. 245 (1850). 

 Calendulaiida albescens, Bhjth, J. A. S. B. xxiv.p. 258 (1855). 

 Megalophonus albescens. Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p 123, no. 7828 



(1870). 

 Alaemon nivosa, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 623 ; id. ed. Bayard's B. S. 



Afr. p. 501 (1884). 



Adult in summer plumage. Above brownish cinnamon, streaked 

 with black down the shafts of the feathers, these shaft-streaks dis- 

 appearing on the rump ; hind neck with a scarcely perceptible 

 shade of grcvish, slightly distinguishable on the sides: wing-coverts 



