312 OTiDrD^. 



wing-coverts vermiculated like the back, though not so strongly ; 

 some of the inner primaries marked with sandy colour at the base 

 of the inner web, whereas they are entirely black in T. scnega- 

 lensis ; the outer tail-coverts without the second median black band, 

 and further distinguished by having the sandy rufous of the hind 

 neck carried up to the black nape without any intervening shade 

 of grey ; the black patch on the throat also larger and extending 

 further up towards the chin : " bill yellowish, the culminal ridge 

 dusky ; tarsi and feet yellowish white, claws yellowish ; the iris 

 pale tawny, gradually assuming dusky umber round the pupil " 

 (T. Ayres). Total length 18 inches, culmen 1-4, wing 11-3, 

 tail 4-5, tarsus 3-5. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in having the crown of the 

 head blackish, vermiculated with sandy-buff lines, the nape rather 

 more ashy but still vermiculated with black, and followed by a 

 black nuchal patch ; the hind neck tawny rufous spreading on to 

 the mantle ; lores, eyebrow, sides of face, and ear-coverts sandy 

 buff, speckled with black markings below the eye ; underparts the 

 same as those of the male, but with no grey on the chest or on the 

 neck, the black mark on the throat only feebly indicated ; on the 

 tail-feathers the second bar always distinct ; the upper tail-coverts 

 and ceutre tail-feathers also with black bars. Total length 

 17 inches, culmen 1-35, wing 11, tail 4-5, tarsus 3-45. 



Young male. Similar to the female, but with bluish grey on the 

 head and neck, and having more frecklings on the lesser and median 

 wing-coverts, the back coarsely freckled and with arrow-head sandy- 

 coloured markings, the primary-coverts sandy rufous mottled with 

 black, but not black at the ends as in the adult female, the inner 

 primaries also mottled, but not such a distinct bar as in the old 

 bird. 



Hab. South Africa. 



a. (^ ad. sk. South Africa. General HardwickerP.l 



b. (S ad. sk. Cape Colony. Sir Andrew Smith [C.J. 



c. cJ juv. sk. S. E. Africa. J. Rocke, Esq. [P.]. 

 d,e.S2 ad. Swaziland, June 16 {T. E. Shelley Coll. 



sk. Buckley) . 



f. S (head & Ingagane, Natal, July 20 Shelley Coll. 



neck). (Savile Reid). 



g,h. S ad. sk. Potchefstroom, Transvaal. F. A. Barratt, Esq. [P.]. 



i, k. tS ad, ; I. Potchefstroom, Oct., Dec. Gm-ney Coll. 



Juv. sk. (T. Aj/res). 



m,n.(S2 ad. sk. Zambesi. Mrs. Sterling [P.]. 



9. SYPHEOTIS. 



Type. 



Sypheotides, Lesson, R. Z. 1839, p. 47 S. aurita. 



Comatotis, Reichenb. Sysf. Nat. Gallin. Taf. xxxi. fig. 6 

 (1850) , S. aurita. 



Range. The same as that of the single species of the genus. 



