650 AlATTDID^. 



and much darker rufous, much more strongly streaked with black 

 on the breast and flanks, the latter being ashy ; the under wing- 

 coverts leaden ashy, as well as the inner edge of the quills : " bill 

 dark yellowish brown, passing into dusky yellow towards the base 

 of the lower mandible ; feet and claws light yellowish brown ; iris 

 dark brown" (Sir A. Smith). Total length 7*5 inches, culmeu Ow, 

 wing 4-1, tail 3-2, tarsus L-2. 



Hah. Plains to the south of the Orange River. 



a. Ad. sk. S. of Orange Elver. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 



21. PYRRHULAUDA*. 



Type. 

 Megalotis (hcc IlUg.), Sivcans. Zool. Joiirn. ill. p. 347 



(1827) P. leucotis. 



Pyrrhulauda, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. pt, vi. (1839) .... P. australis. 

 Coraphites, Cnh. Arch. f. Naturr/. xiii. p. 328 (1847) P. australis. 



Foot of Pi/rrkulaucla melanauchen. 



Range. The whole of Africa, Arabia, to Baluchistan and the 

 Indian Peninsula. 



* I am unacquainted with the following species :— 



a. Pyrrhulauda nioeiceps. 

 Pyrrhulauda nigriceps, Gould, Voy. Beagle, Birds, p. 87 (1841) ; Gray, 



Gen. B. ii. p. 381 (1844) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 123, no. 7835 (1870). 

 Pyrrhulauda crucigera (jicc T.), Kculem. Nederl. Tijdschr. DkrL-. iii. p. 869 

 (18(56). 

 " Upper surfixce brownish white, with the middle of the feathers darkei- ; the 

 front, cheeks, and a line on each side of the breast white ; beneath, the body 

 and a line from the bill, passing over the eyes to the hind head, black ; the tail 

 with the middle feathers blackish, margined with brownish white, the outer 

 feathers deep black ; bill and feet pale. Total length 4| inches, wing 2|, tail 

 1|, tarsus 1%, bill ^%." {Gould, I. c.) 

 Hah. Cape Verde Islands. 



The type of this species must have been in the Zoological Society's collection, 

 but, like m many other types, it was apparently not selected for the British 

 Museum. The species has been referred to C. mdanauchcn by some authors, 

 but, as far as I can see, Gould did not describe the head as black (though he 

 did name the species n igrlceps \). for he carefully describes a black lateral 

 band on the head, a character which must ally this bird to P. yrkca. 



