GOO ALATJDIDJ3. 



4. Mirafra fischeri. 



Calaudrella buckleyi {nee Shelley), Iteichen. J.f. 0. 1877, p. 29; 



Bocaye, Orn. Anr/ola, p. 560 (1881). 

 Megalophonus buckleyi (??fc Shellei/), Cab. J.f. 0. 1878, p. 228. 

 Mirafra apiata (nee V.), Sharpt ^- Bonvi'er, Bull. Soe. Zool. France, 



iii. p. 77 (1878); Socage, Orn. Angola, p. 357 (1881); Shelley, 



Ibis, 1882, p. 850; Sharpe, ed. Bayard's B. S. Afr. p. 851 (1884); 



Hartl. Zool. Jahrb. ii. p. 327 (1886) ; Shelley, P'.Z.S. 1888, p. 28. 

 Megalophonus fischeri, Reichen. J.f. 0. 1878, p. 266 ; Bohm, J.f 0. 



1883, p. 202 ; Sckalo2v, t. c. p. 364; Fischer, J.f. 0. 1885, p. 137 ; 



Reichen. J.f. O. 1887, pp. 74, 309. 



Adult male. Yerj' similar to M. hucMeyi, but larger and with more 

 rufous on the lining of the quills, and no appearance of vinous on 

 the head and mantle. The chief difference, however, between this 

 spec es and AI. hmhleiji lies in the cross-barring of the feathers of 

 the back and scapulars in M. fischeri, and the very distinct subter- 

 minal black line on the inner secondaries before the pale edging to 

 these quills ; outer tail-feather tawny, with an oblique blackish mark 

 on the inner web : " upper mandible dusky brown, paler on the 

 lower mandible and the cutting-edges of the upper ; feet pale red- 

 dish ; iris umber-brown " {Emin Paslm). Total length 5-7 inches, 

 culmen 0'65, wing 3'15, tail 2-1, tarsus 1. 



Adult femcde. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 

 6 inches, culmen 0-5.5, wing 3'05, tail 2*1, tarsus 1. 



Hah. From Swazi-Land to the Zambesi and Benguela, and thence 

 to the Congo Eegion and throughout Eastern Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Swazi-Laud, July (T. E. Shelley Coll. 



Buckley). 



b. Ad. sk. Zambesi Region. Dr. Bradsbaw [C.J. 

 Cf d. c? 2 ad. ; e. Landana, Congo (i. Petit). Sharpe CoU. 



Juv. sk. 



/. 2 ad. sk. Landana (L. Petit). Shelley Coll. 



g, h. (S 2 ad. sk. Conde, Congo (i. Petit). Shelley Coll. 



i. cJ ad. sk. Kassongo, Upper Congo, F. Bohudorff [C.J. 



June. 



A-. 2 ad. sk. Wadelai, Aug. 11. Emin Pasha [P.J. 



5. Mirafra rufocinnamomea. 



Megalophonus rufocinnamomeus, Salrad. Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat' 



viii. p. 378 (1865). 

 Alauda rufocinnamomeus. Gray, Hayid-l. B. ii. p. 119, no. 7774 



(1870). 

 Geocoraphus rufocinnamomeus, Ileugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 688 



(1871). 

 Mirafra torrida, SheUey, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 308, pi. 10. 



Adidt (type of M. torrida). Entirely vinous chestnut, with longi- 

 tudinal dusky centres to the feathers ; the scapulars and wing- 

 coverts and quills with creamy-buff margins, the greater coverts 

 with irregular dusky bars of black across the feather ; quills dusky 



