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and a portion of throat, marked with indistinct brown lines ; 
tail brown, the outer vanes of lateral feathers and both the 
vanes of the middle ones edged with pale rufous yellow. 
Length 8 inches. Inhabits the eastern province of the 
colony and the country immediately about the Orange River. 
Genus Emperiza. Lin. 
Emberiza Tahapisi. Head and throat black, the former with 
seven longitudinal white stripes; ouefrom base of mandibleto 
centre of nape, and three on each side; body above light brown, 
dashed with dark brown; beneath light cinnamon brown; tail 
dark brown, the outermost featherof each side tipt and edged 
with palerufous. Length 5} inches. Inhabits the country 
towards the sources of Vaal River. 
Emberiza Impetuani. Above light brown, the centres of 
feathers black-brown ; chin and throat rusty white ; breast, 
belly, vent, and under tail coverts, pale rufous ; quills brown, 
outer vanes of primaries narrowly edged with pale rufous, 
the secondaries broadly, with chesnut; tail slightly forked, 
feathers dark brown, edged and tipt with rufous. Length 
54 inches. Inhabits the country between the Nu Gariep 
and Tropic. 
Some years ago I found specimens of this species inhabiting the 
arid districts of Little Namaqualand. It will belong to one of the 
aberrant Subgenera. 
Sub-genus ZonorricHia. Sw. 
Zonotrichia africana. Above black-brown, feathers broadly 
margined with rufous ; chin white ; throat and breast pale 
rufous, marked with stripes of dark brown ; middle of belly 
white ; quills dark brown, outer edges towards base dark 
chesnut, inner edges pale rufous ; tail rounded, the two 
outermost feathersof each side white, the second with abrown 
stripein the course of thoshaft near the point, theintermediate 
ones dark brown, thetwo middle ones edged with light rufous. 
Length 5inches. Lives amongst the grass, both to the north 
and south of Kurrichaine. 
Genus. Meaatotis.* Sw. 
Megalotis verticalis. Head, neck, and under parts, black-brown ; 
ears, top of head, nuchal collar, avd a spot in front of each 
wing, white; interscapularsand back grey-brown, the feathers 
towards quills brown; tail slightly forked, the outermost 
feather of each side brown towards the base of the inner vane, 
elsewhere white, Length 4¢ inches. Inhabits the country 
on both sides of the Orange River. 
* It is possible Mr. Swainson may have altered the title of this 
Genus, it having been previously employed by Illiger to designate a 
Sub-genus i in the Mammalia. 
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