20G BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



quite -even or verj' slio;htly rounded; lateral toea small, 

 equal ; all the claws small and short. 



410. Fringillaria Flaviventris, vieii. ; Ency. 



Meth., p. 929 ; Emheriza Gajjensis, Gml., var. /3, PI., 



Enl., 6 (j 4, f. 2 ; E. Xanthogaster, Steph. ; E. Flavi- 



gastra, Rupp. Atlas., t. 25 ; E. Quinquevittata, Licht. ; 



Frin. Blcincta, Forst; Frhi. Capensis, Swain., Nat. 



Lib., Vol. 11, PI. 18, p. 211. 



Head black, witli seven white stripes ; plumage above varied 



with rufous and grey ; beneach bright-yellow ; chin, vent, 



and tips of lateral tail-feathers, pure white. Length, 5" 6'" ; 



wing, 2" &'". 



" Katal," — Sir W. Jardino and Mr. Gurney (Ibis Vol. 1) ; " Dama- 



raland," — Audersson, Chapman, and Kiscli. 



411. Fringillaria Capensis. (L) Harti., Om., 



W. Af., p. 152; Emberiza Capensis, Linn., PI. Enl. 

 158, f. 2 ; E. Erythroptera, Temm., Pi., Enl. 664, f. 1 ; 

 Cape Bunting, Shaw, Vol. 9, Pt. 2, p. 372 ; Em. 

 Caffrariensis, Steph. ; Passerina Capensis, Vieii. 



Top of head and neck, dirty-grey, variegated with black ; 

 sides of head and chin, dirty- white, marked with two black 

 streaks, one passing through the eye, the other beneath ; 

 under parts, dirty yellowish- white ; lesser win^-covers rufous ; 

 greater covers, quills, and tail dusky, with the margins 

 rufous; iris hazel. Length, 5^"; wing, 2" 10'" ; tail, 2^". 



Mr. Atmore procured this pretty species at Meiring's Poort, -vrhere 

 he met with it " in small flocks of four or five individuals,'' probably 

 family parties. "With this exception, I have not seen it from any other 

 place in the colony. Mr. Andersson has it from Damaraland. 



412. Fringillaria Impetuani, Smith, Append. 



to Rept. of Expd., p. 48 ; Fringillaria Antlioidee, 

 Swains. An. in Menag., p. 31G. 



Coloured like a lark; above Isabella, striped with brown ; 

 beneath paler and immaculate ; above the eye, and beneath 

 the ears, a pale stripe ; outer edge of the secondaries, and 

 inner edge of all the quills, rufous ; a dark stripe behind the 

 eye ; throat inclining to dusky-white ; belly and vent almost 

 white ; wings and tail brown. Length, 5|" ; wing, 2" 85'"; 

 tail, 2". 



" Inhabits South Africa." — Swains. loc. cit. ; also Hartl., Orn. W, 

 Af., p. 152. 



