

32 MIRAFRA. 



e^. Large ; wing 3-7 to 4-4 ; rufous on 

 primaries entirely crosses both webs 

 and extends over quite two-thirds of 

 these feathers. Subgenus S^jii'Zo- 

 corydon. 

 g(*. Larger ; wing 4 inches or more ; 

 tail an inch 4©Bger, about 3'5. 

 c°. Less rufous; outermost web of tail 



narrowly margined with buff . . hypermetra. V ^ 

 /= . More rufous ; outermost web of 



tail entirely buff sharpei. V- <^ 



h*. Smaller ; wing about 3-8 ; tail an 



inch shorter, about 2-5. 



(/ = . Plumage more buff; scarcely any 



red on crown ; dark centres to 



feathers, widened at the ends . . athi. -To 



h^. Plumage less buff; a considerable 



amount of red on crown ; dark 



centres to feathers more pointed 



at the ends africana. r / 



f^. Smaller ; wing not more than 3'5. 

 Subgenus Mirafra. 

 i*. Eufous on primaries entirely crosses 

 a portion of both webs of some of 

 the feathers. 

 t=. Eufous on primaries extends over 

 the entire basal half of the inner 

 webs, 

 a". Above pale cinnamon ; wings of 

 the same colour with a brownish 

 shade towards the ends of the 



primaries cordof aniens . 



&". Above brownish ash with nar- 

 row black shaft-stripes . . . damarensis. r p 

 k^. Eufous of inner webs of primaries 

 only cross the extreme base, 

 c®. Above more uniform rufous 

 with the dark shaft-stripes 

 narrow. 



a''. Paler above africanoides. S~ S 



b''. Darker above alopex. ( (, 



cZ". Above less rufous and with 

 broad dark centres to the 

 feathers intercedens. '■ o 





