40. ALARIO. g4« 



Cape Pinch, Z«tf &•„,. Syn. ii. pt. 1, p. 315 (1783). 

 Cut hagra runcauda, Swains. An. in Menag. p. 318 (1837) 

 Cnthagra bistngata, Swabu. t. c. p. 318 (1837) K '' 

 bpennophila daubentoni, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p 386 (1849) 



aSrvFS B tr C ° nS1 V-l ^19(1800); S^ ( g?i* * p C5 

 (187 1) ; id. ed. Layard's B. 8. Afr p 477 (\^±\ J P ' 



CnAologua alario C«i. Af«*. Hem. A', i. p. 164 (1850) 

 Cnthagra personata, Lxcht, iXomenel. Av. p 47 (18541 

 Alanoperaonatufl ,JUOmA. Singv. p. 39,Taf. xiv. fie l 2 5 126fl8fm 



Passer alario, Gray, fiaw*-/. 5. ii. p . 87, no. 7285 (1870) 

 Alano aumntia, Gurney in Anders*. B. Bam.-Ld. p. 175(1872). 

 jMvltmale. General colour above uniform deep chestnut the 

 side of the owerback somewhat mottled with subterminal marks 

 of silky white on the feathers ; wing-coverts chestnut lik the back • 

 bastard-wmg primary-coverts, and quills black, the secondaries efeed 

 with chestnut near their ends, the innermost much more broadfv 

 all narrow y fringed with reddish white at the tip upper ^ 



neai the end of the feathers, larger on the outer ones ; crown of 

 head, entire sides of face, throat, and centre of breast black shies o 

 neck white, forming a half-collar; remainder of under surface o 

 body creamy buff or isabelline, whiter on the sides of the oreast 

 thighs and under tail-coverts slightly more rufescent ; under win- 

 coverts and axillaris chestnut, the edge of the wing black quills 

 below black, rather more ashy on the inner web. Total length 4 5 

 inches cnlmen 0-35, wing 2-5, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-55 8 



Achdt female Different from the male. General colonr above 

 reddish brown, the feathers mesially streaked with dusky-brown 

 shaft-stripes; rump and upper tail-coverts uniform pale chestnut 

 lesser and median coverts light chestnut; greater coverts dusk; 

 brown, pale chestnut at the ends; bastard-wing, prW -cove ^ 

 and quills blackish brown, edged with rufous-brown o he inner 

 secondaries; tail-feathers chestnut, with a broad shaft™,, e 

 black at the end of the feathers, increasing in exten tow^the 

 centre feathers, which have nearly the whole of the inner web dusky 

 brown; crown of head and sides efface dull ashy grey" tTe crown 

 streaked with dusky shaft-streaks; lores and a broad 1 ne over Jhe 

 eye white, as also a spot below the eye; ear-coverts with a white 

 spot in the centre; throat dull white; fore neck, chest, and sidTs of 

 body and flanks pale isabelline brown, whiter on the abdomen 

 thighs and under tau-coyerts pale isabelline brown, the latter wSh 

 rufous centres; under wing-coverts and axillaries pale rufous with 

 ashy bases ; edge of wing blackish ; quills below dusky, more Tshv 

 S-^tarsurO^: ^^^^^^hes.ulmenO^Xwingte 3 ; 

 Young. Resembles the old female, but is more tawny buff with 

 broad blackish centres to the feathers, the head similarly streaked ; 



