GENERA ANU SPECIES OF BIRDS. 165 



XI. SPIZOCORYS, Sundev. 



(Sharpe, t. c. p. 564.) 



[Calandrella, pt., Shelley, t. c. p. 133 ; Eeichenow, 

 t. c. p. 374, 1904.] 



1. conirostris (5«rart'ey.) (p. 564.) S.Africa 



(Shelley, t. c. p. 133; Keichenow, t. c. p. 375.) (Transvaal, 



Great Naruaqua-liiad, 

 Damara-land). 



2. Starki, Shelley, B. Africa, iii. p. 135, pi. 22. S. Africa 



fig. 2. (p. 564, pt.) (Transvaal 



iReichenow, I.e. p. 376.) to Danaara-land). 



I 



3. sclateri, Shellei/. B. Africa, iii. p. 376, pi. 22. S. Africa 

 fig. 3 ; Eeichenow, t. c. p. 376. (Great 



(p. 564, pt.) Namaqua-land). 



4. athensis, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. x. p. ci (1900) ; British E. Africa 

 iShelley, t. c. p. 132. (Athi Eiver). 



6. razae*, Alexander, Ibis, 1898, pp. 107, 282, pi. 3; Cape Verde Is. 

 Shelley, B. Africa, iii. p. 137 (1902). (Raza Isl.). 



6. obbiensis, Wilhcrhy, Ibis, 1905, p. 514. Obbia, 



E. Somali-land. 



* Dr. Bianchi points out that this species has a small but distinct first primary, 

 this being absent in Spizocorys. He considers it to belong to a distinct genus, and 

 proposes tlie name Razocorys for it. 



