78 PYRRHULAUDA LEUCOPAR^A. 



Adult male. Crown, back and scapulars ashy brown, with broad 

 blackish centres to the feathers, upper tail-coverts whiter ; forehead and 

 hind neck more uniform and with a slight rusty shade ; wings dusky brown, 

 with pale rufous tinted buff edges to the feathers, broadest on the coverts 

 and inner secondaries ; under surface of quills with partial rufous buff inner 

 edges ; axillaries and under wing-coverts black ; tail-feathers dusky black 

 with pale ashy brown edges, the external one fading into dusky white on 

 the outer web and towards the end. Ear-coverts white ; a broad eyebrow, 

 fore part of face, throat, upper half of sides of neck, a narrow partition down 

 the centre of the breast and the under tail-coverts, dull black ; sides of 

 crop and breast and the thighs white, with the flanks greyish and very 

 indistinctly streaked. " Iris brown, bill and legs slate colour." Total 

 length 4-8 inches, culmen 0'4, wing 3-1, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-65. ^ , 16. 11. 99. 

 Athi E. (Delamere). 



Adult female. Differs in having the ear-coverts broadly streaked with 

 brown, the eyebrow, front of face, sides of head and neck whitish, and 

 the throat towards the crop with rather obscure dark spots. Total length 

 4-4 inches, culmen 0'4, wing 2-9, tail 16, tarsus 0*6. 2 , 15. 11. 99. 

 Athi R. (Delamere). 



Fischer's Sparrow-Lark inhabits East Africa between 

 7° S. lat. and the Equator, 



The most southern range, known to me, for this Lark is 

 TJgogo, where Emin found the species abundant and collected 

 several specimens in Usongo and Usambiro. Fischer calls it 

 a common species in Arusha, to be met with in pairs or small 

 flocks, and he found a nest placed on the ground between a 

 tuft of grass and the stump of a bush, containing two eggs 

 of a pale ashy brown colour, thickly spotted with violet grey 

 and brown, chiefly towards the thick end, and measured 

 0"65 X 0*52 inch. He procured the type of the species in 

 Masailand at Nguruman in June, and others at Wambi and 

 Kagehi. Mr. Oscar Neumann has collected specimens at 

 Lalela, to the north of Majara lake, and observed it at 

 Umbagne and Donja Nai. Mr. Jackson has met with this 

 species at Machacho's in March and at Njemps in September, 

 at which latter season they were in pairs in the open sandy 

 plains. Dr. S. L. Hindehas found the species in June, August 



