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settling, and so on. It measured in the flesh 5"75 inches, 

 and its stomach contained beetles, a portion of a Mantis 

 egg-case, and some very small seeds. 



48. MiRAFRA nscHERi. Fischer's Lark. 



I saw four or five of these Larks early one morning in 

 December 1906 when crossing the low stony hills near 

 Muchukwana's (on the lower Buzi), recognising them by 

 their peculiar crackling flight. A male shot on June 2ud was 

 already breeding, to judge by the development of the testes. 

 Bill brown above, pale pink below ; feet brownish pink. 



49. Tephrocorys cinerea. Red-capped Lark. 



Rh. Stanley and I, in September 1906, found numbers 

 of these Red-capped Larks, singly or in pairs, on the 

 higher hills all the way from the Chipetzana River to the 

 Lusitu, wherever the grass had been burnt. They were 

 taking short flights into the air, singing and settling again, 

 running through the newly-sprung grass in search of food, 

 or standing on small ant-heaps with frequent Pipit-like jerks 

 of the tail. Two males which I secured measured respec- 

 tively 6 2 and 6*35 inches in the flesh ; base of gonys dull 

 white, rest of bill blackish ; irides greyish brown ; feet 

 brownish white. Both stomachs contained seeds and grit 

 only. Odendaal has since (early in last May) secured a 

 specimen near Chirinda. 



All three examples correspond closely to Reichenow's 

 description of T. c. saturatior, though an examination of the 

 northern specimens in the British Museum hardly tends to 

 confirm the validity of the subspecies. 



50. Macronyx croceus. Yellow-throated Long-claw. 

 Rh., P. Throughout Northern and Southern Melsetter, 



nearly always in pairs ; noticed in the low veld on the Umtefu 

 River, and again near the coast. It may often be found 

 frequenting cultivated fields. 



When flushed it usually flies to some small tree close by, 

 on or near the top of which it perches ; in taking longer 

 fliglits it often introduces quite an attractive stroke, which 



