MIRAFRA 
Summer plumage. 
Upper surface dark brown, the 
rufous obscure and the grey 
shade strongly marked only on 
the lower back and secondaries. 
Head dark brown, with scarcely 
any grey shade or rufous mark- 
ings. 
Hind neck scarcely lighter 
than the head or back. 
Wing - coverts ending in ru- 
fous, with no perceptible grey 
margin. 
Inner secondaries with a nar- 
row blackish shaft-line, 
which radiate about six narrow 
blackish cross lines. 
from 
Tail nearly uniform brown, 
with an obsolete shade of greyish 
on centre feathers, the external 
ones light fawn colour on outer 
web. 
Hyebrow pale fawn. 
Under surface of body bright 
fawn, the throat and chest 
speckled with black. 
RUFIPILEA. 517- 
Winter plumage. 
Upper surface grey, the rufous 
colour in broad and _half-con- 
cealed bands. 
Head entirely grey, mottled 
with blackish centres to the 
feathers, and slightly washed 
here and there with rufous. 
Hind neck very clear grey, 
paler than head or back. 
Wing-coverts with a broad 
whitish grey margin. 
Inner secondaries dark brown 
in the centre and at entire base 
of feather, with only a few im- 
perfect radiations of black near 
the tip. 
Tail dark brown, tipped with 
white, the centre feathers clearly 
washed with grey as well as 
slightly tinged with rufous, and 
plainly marked with blackish 
radiations and spots near the 
shafts. 
Eyebrow ashy fulvous. 
Under surface ashy fulvous, 
concealing fawn coloured bases 
to the feathers, the chest-spots 
obscured. 
Fig. Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. iv, pl. 194, 
511. Mrrarra rouripitea (V.) 
Rufous Bar-tailed Lark. 
Megalophonus rufipileus (V.): Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 211. 
This species is nearly allied to M. apiata, which it resembles in 
its radiated tail and peculiar mottled plumage. It is, however, not 
the same bird, but a distinct species, distinguished by its general 
cinnamon-coloured appearance and rufous head, but particularly by 
