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PYRRHULAUDA SMITHII, 493 
Head, neck, and under parts, black-brown ; ears, top of head, nuchal 
collar, and spots in front of each wing, white ; back grey-brown ; 
tail slightly forked, the outermost feather of each side brown towards 
the base of the inner vane, elsewhere white. Length, 4” 9’; wing, 
Meee se ball aor. 
Fig. Smith, Ill. Zool. 8. Afr. Aves, pl. 25. 
495, PyRRHULAUDA sMITHII, Bp. Smith’s Finch-Lark. 
Pyrrhulauda leucotis, Layard, B.S. Afr. p. 210. 
This species of Finch-Lark was also met with by Sir Andrew Smith 
near the Tropic of Capricorn, inhabiting plains thickly covered with 
dwarf shrubs. Mr. Ortlepp has forwarded it from Colesberg, and he 
tells us that they are found from the left bank of the Orange River, 
where they range in flocks of from five to ten individuals, feeding 
on grass seeds. Mr. T. C. Atmore forwarded a specimen from 
Griqua Land. Mr. T. Ayres writes from the Transvaal :—‘‘ We found 
these birds frequenting the open glades along the banks of the 
Limpopo in companies consisting of sometimes as many as fifty 
individuals. They were feeding on grass seeds after the manner of 
Finches.” Mr. Andersson gives the following note:—“I have 
observed this species, though very sparingly, in Damara Land, and 
also to the northward, but not in Great Namaqua Land ; it is seen 
in small flocks, which frequent the ground in open localities covered 
with grass and scanty dwarf vegetation, among which they run 
with great rapidity, taking flight for a short distance only when 
disturbed.” 
Male.—Head, neck, shoulders, breast, and abdomen, black ; ears, 
half collar on back of neck, and a blotch on each side of the breast, 
hinder portion of flanks, and rump, white, the two latter tinged with 
brown ; back and shoulders chestnut ; tail umber-brown, except the 
outer feathers, which are rusty white. The female is dusky brown, 
with a speckled breast. Length, 5’’; wing, 3” 3”’; tail, 2’”. 
Mr, Andersson states that the iris is dark brown, the legs and toes 
fleshy brown. 
Fig. Smith, Il. Zool. 8. Afr. Aves, pl. 26. 
497. PyYRRHULAUDA AUSTRALIS, Smith. Dark-naped Finch-Lark. 
Sir Andrew Smith states that the present species inhabits the 
