13. MIRAFRA. 595 



/". Under winjr-coverts and a broad inner lining' 



to the quills deep cliestnut-red. 



a'". With distinct rufous on the head and 



upper surface, the feathers being rufous 



or rufous-brown with black centres, the 



general appearance being rufescent, not 



grey or blackish. 



rt"*. First small primary 0-6 inch in length and 



very broad javaiiica, p. 602. 



6'. First small primary not 0'5 inch in length. 



a\ Eyebrow isabelline or tawny buff ; 



sjioulder of wing almost entirely 



rufous, the median and greater coverts 



showing scarcely any black bases to 



the feathers seciinda, p. 603. 



6'. Eyebrow broader and whiter and ex- 

 tended posteriorly ; wings rufous ex- 

 ternally, but the median and greater 

 wing-coverta with distinct blackish 



bases cheniana, p. 603. 



b'". Grey or blackish brown above, the head 

 like the back, 

 c'. Head gi-ey like the back with blackish 

 centres to the feathers : size larger ; 



wing 2"9 inches horsfielii, p. 604. 



d*. Head dusky or blackish brown, with 

 scarcely perceptible dusky centres to the 

 feathers : size smaller ; wing 2-7 inches. 



e\ Flanks uniform parva, p. 604. 



d^. Flanks streaked with blackish philippensis, 



y" . Under wing-coverts paler, isabelline or light [p. 605. 



isabelline rufous, but not chestnut. 

 c" . Rufous of primaries not continued across 

 the base, but the quills blackish, edged 

 with rufous on both webs, 

 e*. Smaller : more fulvescent ; upper surface 

 narrowly streaked with blackish centres 



to the feathers cantillans* , 



/*. Larger : much darker brown in plumage ; [p. 605. 



the centres to the feathers of the upper 



surface very broad and distinct fritit/illaris, p. 606. 



d'". liufous of primaries extending over both 

 webs, with dusky brown ends ; entire 

 upper surface foxy rufous with pale 

 margins ; underneath white, with a few [p. 606. 



dusky spots on the chest cordofmiica, 



* Here will probably come — 



MlRAPRA SIMPLEX. 



Geocorapbus (Mirafra) simplex, Heiigl. J. f. 0. 1868, p. 226 {ex Cab. MSS. 



in Mus. Berol.). 

 Mirafra simplex, Gray, Haiid-l. B. ii. p. 121, no. 780G (1870). 

 Geocorapbus simplex, Hetigl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 687 (1871). 



Hab. Coast of Arabia. 



