658 ALATTDIBiE. 



sides of face rufous or pale chestnut ; wings like those of the male, 

 but with rather broad rufous margins ; underneath sandy buff, with 

 a little black in the centre of the abdomen. Total length 4'6 inches, 

 ciUmen 0*4, wing 3'1, tail i'95, tarsus 0"6, 



Hah. N.E. Africa from Nubia to Somali-Land and the Equatorial 

 Province. 



The specimen from Redjaf, procured in December, is marked bj' 

 Emin Pasha as being in winter plumage. The feathers of the upper 

 surface arc dusky brown with rufous edges, the head blackish, also 

 with rufous margins ; the under surface of the body sooty black, the 

 cheeks and ear-coverts hoary white, with a wash of sandy rufous on 

 the latter ; sides of body, flanks, and thighs ashy white. 



a,b. (5 2 ad. sk. Nubia {Hedenborg). Sharps Coll. 



c. S ad. sk. Soudau (Kotschy). Shelley Coll. 



d, e. (5 5 ad. sk. Asoos, Samhar, July. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 /. S hiem. sk. Redjaf, Dec. Emin Pasha [P.]. 



(/, h. (5 $ ad. sk. Kudurma, Nov. {Emin Shelley Coll. 

 Pasha). 



Subsp. a. Pyrrhulauda smithii. 



Pyrrliulauda leucotis (jiec Stanlei/), Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Birds, 



pi. 2G (1839) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 210 (1867) ; Chapm. Trav. 



S. Afr. ii. App. p. 400 (1868) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 268 ; Shelley, 



Ibis, 1882, p. 351, 1888, p. 301. 

 Pyrrhulauda smithii, B2). Co7isj>. i. p. 512 (18-')0) ; Gray, Haml-l. B. 



ii. p. 123, no. 7833 (1870) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1871, p. 258; Gurney in 



Amlerss. B. Dam.-Ld. p. 189 (1872) ; Sharpe, ed. Bayard's B. S. 



Afr. pp. 493, 851 (1884). 

 Pyrrhidauda leucotis, var. meridionalis, Sundev., teste Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 512(1850). 

 Coraphites smithii, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 124 (1850, note) ; 



Finsch Sf Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 468 (1870). 



Adult male. Similar to F. leucotis, but larger, and with a much 

 stouter bill: "bill ashy white; feet ash-colour; iris hazel" {T. 

 Ayres). Total length 5 inches, culmen 0'5, wing 3"3, tail 1*9, 

 tarsus 0*7. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of P. leucotis. 



Hah. South Africa, extending to Damara-Land on the west and 

 to the Zambesi on the east, thence ranging into the Zanzibar district 

 of Eastern Africa. 



«, b. S ad. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith. (Types 



of the species.) 



c. 5 ad. sk. South Africa. Sharpe Coll. 



d, e. c? 5 ad. sk. Transvaal, Feb. Sharpe Coll. 



/. (5 hiem. ad. sk. Rusteoberg, April (IF. II. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Lucas), 



g. cj ad. sk. Damara-Land, Jan. (C J. Tweeddale Coll. 



Amlersson). 



h. cJad. sk. Zambesi. Dr. Bradshaw [C.]. 



i-r. Ad. sk. Tete, Zambesi. Livingstone Exped. 



s. 2 ad. sk. Ugogo (<S';> J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



<. $ ad. sk. Manda Island. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [P.]. 



