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covered the type, observes that it extends further south than 

 P. verticalis, is gregarious, and flocks of several hundreds are 

 often to be seen upon the plains bordering the Orange river. 

 In its action in the air it resembles the other Larks, and like 

 them constructs its nest upon the ground under the shelter 

 of a tuft of grass or some dwarf shrub. Layard informs us 

 that the species was plentiful in the country round King- 

 williamstown, Colesberg, and on a limited tract of country 

 near Nel's Poort, Beaufort. 



From the Transvaal, there is a specimen in the British 

 Museum obtained by Mr. W. Lucas. Mr. T. Ayres states 

 that he found two nests of this species — one in March, near 

 the Hartz river, and the other in April near Bloenhoff, on 

 a tributary of the Vaal, and that each contained two eggs, 

 which in one instance were somewhat incubated. " The nest 

 of this species," he writes : " is placed on the ground under 

 shelter of a clump of reed or grass. It is roughly constructed 

 of coarse grass, slightly lined with fine roots ; both the nests 

 which I found were situated within twenty yards of water. 

 The egg is white, much spotted with sepia brown." 



Mr. Nehrkorn describes the egg as having a grey or 

 greyish green ground, with evenly distributed spots of pale 

 violet and greyish yellow, and measures 0'72 by 0"52. 



Pyrrhulauda leucoparsea. 



Coraphites leucopareia, Fisch. and Eeichen. J. f. 0. 1884, p. 55 Arusha. 



Pyn-hulauda leucoparsea, Sharpe, Cat, B. M. xiii. p. 651 (1890) ; Eeichen. 

 J. f. 0. 1891, p. 159 Mapapiva, Taboro ; Hartl. Abhandl. Brem. 

 1891, p. 18 Usongo, Usambiro ; Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch. O. Afr. 

 p. 204 (1894) Masai, Igonda, Usukuma ; Kuschel, J. f. 0. 1895, 

 p. 344 egg ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 230 (1896) ; Hinde, Ibis, 1898, 

 p. 579 MacJuicho's ; Jackson, Ibis, 1899, p. 625 Njemps ; Nehrkorn, 

 Kat. Eiers. p. 135 (1899) egg ; Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 291 Lelela; 

 Hinde, Ibis, 1900, p. 494, Alhi B. 



