564 



alaubid.t;. 



Subsp. fi. Tephrocorys anderssoni. 



Mep^alophonus anderssoni, Tristr. Ih/'x, 1869, p. 434, 1870, p. 444 ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 122, no. 7824 (1870) ; Gurneij in Anderss. 

 B. Bam.-Ld. p. 198 (1872). 



Adult. Similar to T. cincrea, "out having the rufous of tho sides 

 of the breast continued down the sides of the body and over the 

 thighs and vinder tail-coverts ; the outer tail-feather is buffy whitish 

 along the outer web, like T. mficeps. Total length 5-6 inches, 

 culmen 0'55, wing 3*o, tail 2'1, tarsus 0'8. 



Hah. Damara-Land. 



a. Ad. sk. 



Otjiinl)inque, March 10 (C. /. 

 Andersson) . 



Tweeddale Coll. 



9. SPIZOCORYS. 



Spizocorjs, Simdev. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 55 (187.'3) 



Type. 



S. conirostris. 



Head of Spizocorys conirostris. 



Range. South Africa from the Transvaal to Great Namaqua-Land 

 and Ondonga. 



1. Spizocorys conirostris. 



Alauda coniro.stris, Sundev. CEfv. K. Yet.-Ahad. Fiirh. Stockh. 1850, 

 p. 99; Bj). Consp. i. p. 244 (1850) ; Graij, Handel. B. ii. p. 118, 

 no. 7757 (1870) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 72 (1871) ; Gurney in 

 Anderss. B. Bam.-Ld. p. 192 (1872) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1874, p. 103, 

 pi. 3. fig. 1, 1877, p. 345, 1878, p. 410, 1880, p. 104. 



Coraphites conirostris, Licht. Nomencl. p. 39 (1854). 



Calandi-clla sp., Socage, Jorn. Lisb. i. p. 152 (1867). 



Caliindiitis minor {nee Cab.), Boca<je, Jorn. Lish. ii. p. 351 (1869). 



Spizocorys conirostris, Sundev. Te?it. p. 55 (18/2) ; Sharps, P. Z. S. 

 1874, p. 631 ; id. ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 508 (1883). 



Adult female {typical specimen). Above fulvous brown, the 

 feathers of the head and back blackish down their centres, which 

 are very broad, the margins being sandy, more or less inclined to 

 deeper rufous ; all the plumes of the hind neck, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts, as well as a few of the dorsal feathers, broadly mar- 

 gined with greyish, producing a distinct ashy appearance ; wing- 



