20. CORKTHRTJRA. 121 



sides of upper Jjreast spotted witli ochre like the back ; under tail- 

 coverts reddish huff, l)arred with hlack ; under ■wing^-coverts hlackish, 

 and axillaries hlackisli, narrowly barred with whitish ; quills dusky 

 below. Total length (> inches, culmcn 0-6, wing 3-4, tail 1"6, 

 tarsus 1, middle toe and claw 1*2. 



Adult ft'niah. General colour above warm brown, numerously 

 spotted with ochre, each of the ochre spots bordered with black 

 above and below ; wing-coverts like the back, and with similar 

 ochreous spots ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts uniform brown, 

 with very tiny ochreous spots on the outer web ; quills dark brown, 

 minutely spotted with ochre on the outer web, the inner secondaries 

 exactly like the back ; the upper tail-coverts and tail reddish brown 

 barred across with black ; liead brown, mimitely dotted with ochre 

 and narrowly barred across with black; lores, eyebrow, and sides 

 of face light sandy buff, numerously dotted with brown ; ear-coverts 

 with a dark brown line along the upper margin ; throat white, with 

 a few dusky bars ; lower throat, fore neck, and chest, as well as the 

 sides of the body, brown, with lighter buff cross markings and black 

 bars ; abdomen white, with blackish cross bars ; under tail-coverts 

 reddish brown, with black bars and spots of lighter buff ; under 

 wing-coverts dark sepia-brown, with a few whitish edges to the 

 feathers : " bill reddish brown, the lower mandible with a yellowish- 

 whito lino along the under edge of each ramus ; legs and toes 

 reddish brown " (<S'u' A. Smith). Total length 5-7 inches, culmen 

 O'G, wing L5-G, tail 1-5, tarsus 1, middle toe and claw 1-2. 



Hah. South Africa, from the Knysna district to Natal. 



a. 2 ad. st. Cape Colony. M. J. Verreaux [C.l. 



b. S ad. sk. Tvin'jwilliamslown. ' Major Trevelyan [P.]. 



c. d. S ad. ; e. 2 Natal. Sharpe Coll. 

 ad. .sk. 



■/. !/■ d 2 '•^d. sk. Natal. Shellev Coll. 



k. d ad. sk. Durban, Natal, Aug. 20 Sharpe Coll. 



(T. L. Ai/res). 



i, k. S ad. ; /. $ ad. sk. Durban, Feb. (Oordge). Shelley Coll. 



Subsp. a. Corethmra reichenovi. 



Corethvura elegans {)wc Smith), licicheu. J. f. O. ISOi', p. 178 

 (Cameroons). 



Adult male. Similar to C. eler/ans, but everywhere much darker 

 in colour, the rufous of the head and breast being deep chestnut 

 instead of orange-rufous, this chestnut colour extending over the 

 wiiolo throat to the base of the bill. 



Hal. Cameroons, W. Africa. 



6. Corethrura rufa. 



Rallus rufus, Vieill. N. Diet. (Tllist. Nat. .xxviii. p. 564 (1819). 

 Porzana dimidiata, Temm. (ubi ?), Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 537 



(I8;u). 



Crex ruticollis, J. E. Gray (wee F.), Zool. Misc. p. 13 (1831). 



