MIRAFRA. 31 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



a. No black collar across the middle throat, 

 a^. No rufous on primaries. Subgenus Galen- 

 dulauda. 

 a-. Under wing-coverts dusky, sometimes 

 mottled with buff. 

 a^. Planks streaked. 



a*. Crop-markings brownish black (Cape 



district) nivosa. ■? ? 



6*. Crop-markings brownish cinnamon 



(Somali district) gilletti, ^ J^ 



b^. Flanks uniform. 



c*. Bill smaller; upper parts darker and 



more rufous (S. Afr.) sabota. <? ^ 



fZ*. Bill larger. 

 a^. Upper parts paler and more sandy 



(S. Afr.) ncBvia. ^ ^ 



b^. Upper parts greyer with no rufous 



nor sandy colouring (Loango) . plebeia. '* '' 

 b". Under wing-coverts and crop-markings 



cinnamon (E. Afr.) pcscilosterma. '• o 



b'' . Some rufous on the primaries. 



c^. With bars on the upper tail-coverts and 



generally on some or many of the other 



feathers ; wing less than 3'5 inches. 



Subgenus CorypJia. 



c^. Pale pattern on outer tail-feathers 



buff ; adults with no rufous on the 



inner webs of the quills apiata V- j 



d^. Pale pattern on outer tail-feather 

 rufous, 

 e*. Eufous on primaries never entirely 

 cross both webs. 

 c^. Upper parts less rufous and very 



strongly barred fischeri. S^ ? 



d^. Upper parts more rufous and 



scarcely barred rufocinnamomea. 



/*. Eufous on primaries entirely crosses 



both webs rufipilea. ^ ( 



d^. No bars on upper parts unless the wing 

 is more than 3 5 inches. 



