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interscapulars whitish towards tips; chin white; rest of 
under parts a pale cream colour, the lower portion of throat 
and anterior portion of breast with brown streaks; eyebrows 
white ; quills brown edged with reddish white ; tail slightly 
forked, dark brown, the two centre feathers edged and tipt 
with yellow rufous, the lateral ones tipt with white, and the 
outer vanes edged with pale tawny, except the outermost on 
each side which is white. Length 7! inches. Inhabits the 
country beyond Latakoo. 
This will form the type of a Sub-genus in the group with naked 
nostrils. 
Genus Mirarra. Aporsf. 
Mirafra africana. Front and crown black-brown, feathers 
faintly edged with dull white ; nape chesnut, the centres of 
feathers dark brown; eyebrows white ; upper part of body 
pale rufous ; with the centres of feathers black-brown ; chin 
white; throat, breast,and belly, pale rufous yellow, the former 
mottled with brown stripes ; outer and inner vanes of quills 
towards bases chesnut,elsewhere dark brown; tail dark brown, 
the outer vanes of the two outermost feathers white. Length 
7 inches. Inhabits the eastern province of the colony and the 
country as far as Latakoo. 
Mirafra africanoides. Head above, interscapulars, and back, 
rufous with dark brown streaks ; eyebrows white ; nape, and 
backand sides of neck, lightrufous yellow with brown stripes; 
beneath rusty white, the chin and middle of belly nearly pure 
white, the anterior part of breast with a few brown stripes ; 
quills chesnut towards bases, brown towards tips ; tail dark 
brown, the outermost feather of each side edged with white, 
the two middle ones with pale rufous. Length 6 inches. 
Inhabits the eastern province of the colony and the country 
towards Latakoo. 
Mirafra Sabota. Top of head dark brown, feathers margined 
with tawny yellow; eyebrows white; upper parts of body 
pale rufous, the middle of each feather dark brown : 
beneath rusty white, the lower part of throat tinted with 
pale rufous and spotted with brown; tail slightly forked, 
feathers dark brown margined with pale rufous, the outer- 
most of each side with white. Length 5 inches. Inhabits 
the country between Latakoo and the Tropic. 
Genus Crrrainaupa. Sw. 
Certhilauda semitorquata. Top of head and upper parts of body, 
rufous; feathers in the course of shafts dark brown ; half 
collar on back of neck,immediately in front of interscapulars, 
obscure grey, streaked with brown; chin and throat white ; 
breast and belly tawny white; the anterior part of former 
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