74 PINAROCORYS ERYTHROPYGIA. 



Pinarocorys erythropygia. 



Alauda erythropygia, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 219, pi. 24 Kordofan. 

 Mirafra erythropygia, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 619 (1890) Kordofan ; 



Eeichen. .J. f. 0. 1891, p. 390 ; 1897, p. 43 Togo ; Shelley, B." Afr. 



I. No. 217 (1896); Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1899, p. 414 Gambaga. 



Adults. Similar in plumage to N. nigricans, and generally have pale 

 terminal margins to the secondaries and inner primaries, but differ as 

 follows : upper tail-coverts and tail bright cinnamon, the latter with a dark 

 brown triangular patch, with the apex at the middle of the centre feathers, 

 and the base at the end of the tail ; the dark marks on the crop rarely 

 extend on to the chest. Total length 7 inches, culmen 0'6, wing 4-1, tail 

 2'9, tarsus 1-0. 



In three specimens labelled " 3', May, Eenk Soudan; ?, juv. ? 

 Kordofan, and 2 , May, Wagara," the outer edges of the quills are narrowly 

 edged with buff and their inner webs are nearly of one shade of brown, the 

 pale portion being almost obsolete. In four other specimens labelled 

 " ? , May, Mouth of Zeraf River, and <?<?$, May, Wagara," the primaries 

 have nearly the whole of the outer web, and the greater portion of the 

 inner web cinnamon, of the same shade as the upper tail-coverts. 



The Rufous-tailed Bush-Lark inhabits Tropical Africa 

 between 5° and 15° N. lat., and 5° W. and 35° E. long. 



Inland from the Gold Coast Captain W. Griffard shot a 

 specimen at Gambaga, and the species has been met with in 

 Togoland, by both Dr. Buttner and Mr. Baumann. The type, 

 an immature bird now in the British Museum, was obtained by 

 Petherick in Kordofan. In this district, but on the east bank 

 of the Nile, in Renk Soudan, Mr. R. M. Hawker once met with 

 a large scattered flock of these Larks, and procured an adult 

 male. They were very shy, and on being disturbed flew into 

 the trees. Further south, Heuglin met with these Larks in 

 the Bongo and Wau countries, feeding near cattle or perched 

 on the ant-hills ; but they were apparently very rare or shy, as 

 he seems never to have procured a male specimen, and describes 

 the female as Alauda infuscata, believing it to be distinct from 

 Alauda erythropygia, Strickl. 



