n04 ALAtJDID.12. 



distance towards the end of the shaft ; feathers above and below 

 the eye, forming a distinct eyebrow, creamy buff; ear-coverts 

 rufous, slightly mottled with dark brown, as also are the cheeks and 

 sides of the neck, which are white ; throat white, unspotted ; rest 

 of under surface creamy buff, strongly inclining to rufous on the 

 chest, which is mottled with triangular spots of dark brown, inclin- 

 ing to streaks on the side of the breast ; flanks and thighs washed 

 with rufous : under tail-coverts buffy white ; under wing-coverts 

 deep rufous, the inner lining of wing ashy brown, rufous along the 

 inner web: "bill pale, with a decided yellow tinge and yellow at the 

 gape, but dusky brown on the upper mandible, except on the edges ; 

 tarsi and feet pale pinkish; iris light reddish umber'' {T. Ayres). 

 Total length 5'3 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-85, tail 2-y, tarsus 



0-y. 



Hah. South Africa, from British Caffraria to the Transvaal. 



a, h. Ad. ; c. Juv. sk. Latakoo. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



(Types of species.) 

 d. S ad. sk. Whittlesea Flats (T. Sbarpe Coll. 



C. Atmore). 



10. Mirafra horsfieldi. 



Mirafra horsfieldi, Guidd, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 1 ; ul. B. Ausfr. fol. iii. 

 pi. 77 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 243 (1850) ; Beichenb. Vog. Neu- 

 holl. p.' 88 (1850) ; Gould, Handb. B. Ausfr. i. p. 404 (1865) ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 121, no. 7798 (1870) ; Ramsay, P. Z. S. 

 1875, p. 590; id. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) ii. p. 168 (1887) ; 

 id. Tub. List Austr. B. p. 10 (1888). 



Adult male. Similar to J/. Javanica, but grey instead of rufous, 

 the whole aspect of the bird being blacker : '• bill fleshy brown at 

 the base and dark brown at the tip : feet fleshy brown " (J. Gould). 

 Total length 5-3 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-9, tail 1-85, tarsus 

 0-85. 



The sexes, according to Mr. Gould, are alike in plumage. 



Hab. N.W. Australia, Southern (Queensland south to Xew South 

 Wales. 



a. Ad. sk. Australia. Gould Coll. 



b, c. Ad. sk. New South Wales. (>ould Coll. 



d-g. Ad. sk. Richmond River, Aug., R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Sept. (A. P. Goodwin), 



h-k. Ad. sk. Ricbmoud River, Sept. A. P. Goodwin [C.]. 



/. Imm. sk. Port Essiiigton. Gould Coll. 



?H. Juv. sk. N.W. Australia (T. H. Capt. Bowyer Bower 



Boivyer Bower). [P-]- 



Subsp. a. Mirafra parva. 



Mirafra parva, Stvinh. Ann. ^- Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) vii. p. 257(1871). 

 Adult (type of species). Is a small blackish race of M. horsfieldi. 



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