ALAUDID^. 193 



[This species has not been figured ; Professor Snndevall's 

 description of it is as follows : — " Subtiis fulva, supernc pectore- 

 que antico nigro-maculata ; rostro crassiore, rubro, parvo, 4^ 

 poll.; ala 74 mm.; tars. 20; d. m. 11, c. u. 15. Unguis post, 

 subrectus, digito vix longior. Nares setulis tectse. Ala brevis^ 

 remigibus intus fulvis. Penna spuria in nostris (ob rautationem 

 pennarum ?) deest ; 2^^ extus albo-marginata. Lora et gula alba^ 

 striis malaribus, utrinque 2, striaque lori nigris. Cauda bre\dor, 

 subsequalis, pennis utrinque 2 extus late albis. 6 supernc 

 rufescenti-varius, alias similis feminse. In Caffraria superiore 

 campestri." 



The female specimen of which Mr. Andersson gives the 

 dimensions, as above quoted, is now in the collection of Mr. R. B. 

 Sharpe, who also possesses a male obtained by INIr. Andei'sson 

 at Objimbinque. This male specimen only differs from the 

 female in having no black malar stripe, and in the bill being 

 about one third longer than that of the female and less decidedly 

 red, the colour of the bill in this male bird being tawny instead 

 of a pinkish red as in the female specimen. The two specimens 

 have been carefully compared by M. Verreaux, who assures me 

 that he feels confident that they are male and female of the same 

 species, of which I had previously some doubts, owing to the 

 differences above mentioned. — Ed.] 



236. Alauda Grayi, Wahl. Gray's Lark. 



Alatidn Grayi, Wahlberg, Ofvers. 1855, p. 213. 



„ Walilbero-, Journal fiir Orn. 1857, p. 2. 

 Alauda ncevia, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 400. 

 Alauda Grayi^ Sliarpe's Cat. No. G83. 



This Lark is found on the barren plains in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Walwich Bay, as well as some distance 

 inland ; but I have not observed it so far east as Objim- 

 binque. It feeds on seeds and insects, and is com- 

 paratively tame, but where grass abounds it is difficult 

 to secure. A few individuals are usually found together. 







