during a journey to the Matabili Countrij. 383 



Beak horn-colour above, light brown beneath ; legs light 

 brown ; iris dark hazel. 



Met with sparingly in the bush " veldt '^ north of Pretoria 

 into the Bamangwato district, but not found in any great 

 abundance. It seems to be rather solitary in its habits. 



Fringillaria tahapisi (Smith). 



S $ . Transvaal, November 29th and 30th, 1873. 



Beak honi-colour above, lower mandible yellow ; legs 

 brownish yellow ; iris dark hazel. 



Not observed on my way up, and on my return only seen 

 in the Transvaal. 



Alauda cinerea (Gm.). 



6 . Pietermaritzburg, Natal, May 2nd, 1873. 



Beak, base brown, tip black ; legs dark brown ; iris dark 

 hazel. 



I only saw these birds here ; there was a scattered flock, of 

 which I procured these two males and one female ; they nin 

 fast and are extremely difficult to see. 



Certhilauda semitorquata. Smith. 



a, S' Transvaal, June 16th, 1873. 



Beak and legs black ; iris dark hazel. 



Not very common, I fancy. This was the only specimen I 

 obtained ; and I observed only one or two more. This one was 

 shot on the side of a small hill among some stones ; its flight 

 was undulating. 



Alauda n^evia, Strickl. 



a, S . Transvaal, July 5th, 1873. 



Beak horn-colour ; legs brown ; iris hazel. 



b, S . Transvaal, July 8th, 1873. 



Beak horn-colour; legs flesh-colour; iris dark hazel. 



c, 6 . Transvaal, July 10, 1873. 

 Legs light brown ; iris hazel. 



d, 2 . Bamangwato, October 15th 1873. 



Beak brown ; Legs light brown ; iris light hazel. 

 Specimen a is of a rufous tinge all over, from the nature of 

 the ground on which it was shot. These birds agree with a 



