606 xhAvmDJE. 



e-k. c?; /• 2 ad. .•<k. Hansi, Hissar, Dec. (A. Hume Coll. 



0. H.). 



m. S ad. sk. Naosliern, Cashmere, May 6 Ilume Coll. 



( W. E. Brooks), 



n, 0, p. Ad. sk. Etawah, July (A. O. H. Sf Hume Coll. 



W. E. B.). 



q. S ad. sk. Etawah, July 19 ( W. E. Seebohm Coll. 



Brooks) . 



r. Ad. .sk. Raipur district. Hume Coll. 



s, t. Ad. sk. Madras. Dr. Jerdon [P.]. 



(Types of .species.) 



u. Ad. sk. Madras {Jerdon). Gould Coll. 



12. Mirafra fringillaris. 



Mirafra fringillaris, Sundev. GEfv. K. Vet.-Akad. Fork. Stockh. 1850, 

 p. 99 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1874. p. 649, pi. Ixxv, fig. 1 ; id. ed. 

 Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 528 (1884). 



Mirafra occipitalis, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 121, no. 7804 (1870, 

 err.). 



Adult. Above dusky brown, the feathers margined with ashy 

 buff, but the general colour of the upper surface more dingy than in 

 M. cantillans, to which it is nearly allied ; some of the dorsal 

 feathers washed with fulvous ; wing-coverts dull brown, narrowly 

 margined with fulvous, the greater series with rufescent margins, 

 especiall}' at the tip ; quills dark brown, the primaries with broad 

 rufous margins, narrowing towards the tip, the secondaries with 

 ashy fulvous edgings; lower back, wings, and upper tail- coverts 

 dull brown, slightly varied with ashy fulvous margins ; tail dark 

 brown, the central feathers paler and plainly margined with fulvous, 

 the other feathers less plainly edged, the penultimate one broadly 

 margined with white on the outer web, the outermost feather white 

 at base, but obliquely white for more than the terminal half; lores 

 and a distinct eyebrow sandy buff ; ear-coverts rufous, spotted with 

 dark brown, especially on the hinder margin ; cheeks, throat, and 

 sides of neck huffy white ; rest of under surface creamy buff, washed 

 with isabelliue on the chest, which is thickly spotted with dark 

 brown, a few spots of which colour extend on to the throat ; under 

 wing-coverts isabelline, resembling the inner lining of the quills, 

 with a few spots of brown on the carpal edge of the wing : " bill 

 horn-coloured ; legs sienna ; iris hazel " ( T. E. BucMey). Total 

 length 5-8 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-1, tail 2-5, tarsus 0-85. 



Hah. From the Transvaal to Damara-Land. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Damara-Land (C. J. Andersson). Sharpe Coll. 



c Ad.sk. Damara-Land (C. ./■. ^.). Shelley Coll. 



(i. cJ ad. sk. Transvaal, Nov. 29 ( T. E. Buckley). Shelley Coll. 



13. Mirafra cordofanica. 



Mirafra cordofanica, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218, pi. 23 ; Gray, 



Uand-l. B. ii. p. 121, no. 7802 (1870). 

 Galerita rutila, VonMiill.Descr. Nouv. Ois. d'Afrique, Taf. 13 (1854). 



