8. TEPHROCOETS. 501 



f,<J.S2 ad- sk. Guriev, Nov., Dec. (Dr. Tweeddale Coll. 



Severtzoff). 

 h. J ad. .^k. Ur, Caspian Sea (Karelin). Seebohm Coll. 



z. d ad. sk. Kara-Kiim, Jan. 20 {Dr Seebohm ColL 



Seoertzoff^). 

 k,l. S 2 fii-l- sk. Kiro-liiz Steppes. Seebohm Coll. 



m. S ad. sk. Kirnliiz Steppes. Hume Coll. 



n,a,p. S ad.sk. Kasalinsk (Itussow). Seebohm Coll. 



q. Pull. sk. Arkad Mountains, near Semi- Geogt. See. Bremen; 



palatiusk, ^Nlay 4 (Dr. 0. 



Finsch). 

 r. S ad. ; s. § Turkestan, Jan., Feb. SeVertzoff Coll. 



juv. sk. 

 t, u. Skeletons. Volga. Mv. Brandt. 



8. TEPHROCORYS. 



Type. 

 Tephrucorys, S/iarjje, P. Z. S. 1874, p. G;j3 T. cinerea, 



Range. North-oastetu and Southern AfficHa 



Ki-y to the Species^ 



Crown of head Uniform rufous, not streaked ; A 

 large patch of ferruginous, but no black patch on 

 the sides of the chest : light pattern of Outer tail- , . i.,^i 



feather pure white ■ . . ; i _ . , 



Crown of head rufous, with black stripes, especially ' ^P''''""f"> P- '■•''■'• 

 distinct on the occiput ; entire fore neck and chest 

 tawny rufous, with a black patch on each side of 

 the fore neck : light pattern of outer tail-feather , ,. ~,,o 



fulvescent 



( (indert-soni, p. 5C4i 



1. Tephrocorys cinei'ea. 



La Cendrille, Month. Ilisf. Nat. v. p. G4 (1778). 



Cinereous Lark, Lath. Gen. Si/n. ii. pt. 2, p. 388 (1783). 



Alauda ciuerea, Gin. Si/st. Kht. p. 798 (1788) ; Bp. Consp. p. 244 



(1850) ; Set. P. Z. S. 1806, p. 23 ; Sharpe, Cat Afr. B. p. 71 



(1871) ; Buckle)/, Ihis, 1874, p. 383; Aijves, Ibis, 1880, p. 264. 

 La petite Alouette a tete rousse, Leraill. Ois. cVAfr. iv. p. 137^ 



pi. 199 (1805) ; Sunder. Krit. r>m Levaill. p. 46 (18o7). 

 Megalophonus cinei-eus, Grni/, Gen. B. ii. p. 382 (1844) ; Lai/iird, B^ 



S. Afr. p. 212 (1867) ; AJp-es, Il)is, 1869, p. 29o; Gray,' Hand-l. 



B. ii. p. 122, no. 7825 (1870) ; Giirney^ in Anderss. B. Dam.-Ld, 



p. 197 (1872) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1878, p. 410 ; Holub c^ ron Velz. Beitr. 



Orn. Siidafr. p. 136 (1882). 

 Calandrella cinerea, Licht. Nomcnel. Av. p. 39 (1854) ; Gurney, Ibis, 



1864, p. 353. 

 Tephrocorys cinerea, Sharpe, F. Z. S. 1874, p. 633 : id. in Outes's 



Malaheie-Land, App. B, p. 318 (1882) ; Bntler, Feilden, ^ Eeid, 



Zool. 1882, p. 302 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 51], 851 



(1884). 

 Calandrella ciuerea, Salrin, Cat. Stricll. Coll. p. 2.J6 (1882, pt.). 



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