124 BIRDS OF SOUTH ArRICA. 



232: AnthUS OampestriS, Bechst; a. Ru/escens, 

 Temm. ; A Rufus, VieiL, PI. Enl 661, f. 2 ; Gould's 

 B. of Eur., PI. 137 ; Alauda Montana, GmeL 



General colour above, brown, much mottled, the edges of 

 the feathers being very light ; under parts whitish, tinged 

 with reddish ; breast mottled with dark-brown spots ; outer 

 pair of tail-feathers on each side more or less white ; the 

 centre pair of the colour of the back, the rest dark-brown. 

 Length, 7" 6'"; wing, 3" 6'" ; tail, 3". 



Sent with No. 226 by Capt. Bulger. Mr. Victorin also seems to 

 hare found it at the Knysna. 



233. AnthUS Amelise; Macronyx Amelice, De 

 Tarragon Mag. de Zool., 1845 ; Ibis. Vol., 1862, 

 p. 28. 



Above, lark-like, variegated with brown ; throat, chest, and 

 belly, salmon-coloured ; a narrow dark-brown collar extends 

 from the bill across the throat, more or less broken by the 

 spots on the chest ; vent, cinereous brown, spotted ; two 

 outer tail-feathers white. 



The above description is taken from the Plate in Mr. G. R. Gray's 

 " Genera of Birds,'' as the species has nerer occurred to me ; nor 

 have I access to any work wherbin it is described. Mr. Ayres (Ibis, 

 loc. cit.) says it is found along the coast of Natal, on marshy flats. 



The Second Family, TURDID^, or 

 Thrushes, 



have the bill of various lengths, and more or leas strong, with 

 the culmen generally keeled, curved, and the sides compressed 

 to the tip, which is emarginated ; the nostrils lateral, basal, 

 and generally protected by a membranous scale ; the wings 

 more or less long, and rounded or pointed ; the tail mostly of 

 moderate length ; the tarsi more or less short, and usually 

 covered with transverse scales ; the toes of various lengths, 

 with the outer toe generally longer than the inner one. 



The Sub-Family, TURDIN^, or Thrushes, 



have the bill as long as or longer than the head, and strong, 

 with the culmen curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, 

 which is generally emarginated ; the nostrils lateral and 

 placed in a small groove, with the opening exposed ; the 

 wings moderate, with the first quill very short, the third and 



