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b^. Throat orange yellow; eyebrow brownish, 

 with only the portion in front of the eye 

 orange, 

 c^. Some yellow on the middle of the 



abdomen aurantiigtcla. i e 



d^. No yellow on the breast or abdomen . flavicollis. 

 c. Three outer pairs of tail-feathers with white 

 ends ; throat and centre of the breast 

 carmine red amelim. I ^ 



Macronyx capensis. 



Alauda capensis, Linn. S. N. I. p. 288 (1766) Ca])e of Good Hojie. 



Macronyx capensis, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. x. p. 623 (1885) Cajie 

 Col., Natal, Transvaal ; Simonds, Ibis, 1887, p. 333 Orange Biver 

 State ; Distant, Naturalist in Transvaal, p. 164 (1892) ; Kuschel, 

 J. f. O. 1895, p. 348 egg ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 171 (1896) ; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1897, pp. 412, 514 Zululand ; Nehrkorn, Kat. Eiers. 

 p. 93 (1899) egg ; Stark, Faun. S. Afr. B. i. p. 238 (1900) ; Marshall, 

 Ibis, 1900, p. 238, Mashona. 



Adult male. Upper parts mottled brown, the feathers with blackish 

 brown centres and broad pale edges ; lesser wing-coverts partially washed 

 with orange yellow on their edges ; bend of wing orange yellow ; ends of 

 primary-coverts, quills and outer web of first primary narrowly edged with 

 white ; the five outer pairs of tail-feathers have white ends widening towards 

 the outer one, which has the outer web white ; a broad orange yellow eye- 

 brow extends from the nostril ; remainder of the side of the head bufi'y 

 brown, washed with orange and inclining to white in front of the eye ; a 

 narrow black band extends down the sides of the throat and widens out 

 into a broad black collar across the crop, enclosing a bright orange red 

 throat ; centre of body, thighs and under tail-coverts chrome yellow, the 

 latter with large black basss to some of the feathers, and shading into buify 

 brown on the flanks, which show some dark shaft-stripes ; axillaries white, 

 partially washed with yellow ; under wing-coverts white, passing into orange 

 yellow at the bend of the wing ; quills ashy brown with partial narrow pale 

 inner edges. Bill grey with the culmen and tip dusky ; iris hazel, tarsi and 

 feet dull chrome yellow. Total length 8 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 3-9, 

 tail 4, tarsus 1-35. Newcastle, J , 13. 6. 81 (A. E. Butler). 



Ad^ilt female. Very similar in plumage to the male, but slightly duller ; 

 eyebrow and throat paler and rather less yellow on the breast. Upper 

 mandible brown, lower one grey ; iris brown, legs flesh-colour. Pinetown, 

 2 , 7. 1. 75 (T. L. Ayres). 



Immature. Differs in having the upper parts blacker, with the pale 



