94 AMMOMANES FERRUGINEA 



b'^. Upper parts bright sandy isabel- 

 line, with no grey shade ; a fairly 

 distinct dark angular pattern on 

 the tail, this darl£ shade reaching 

 nearly to the base of the centre 



feathers lusitana. i t-o 



ii. Dark portion of tail confined to a triangular 

 pattern on the terminal half ; breast pale 

 buff, 

 c^. Darker ; above pale cinnamon .... cinctura. ' " ' 



d". Paler; above sandy buff arenicolor. i ci _? 



b. White ends to the eight middle quills and all 



the tail-feathers gfayi. i © ^ 



Ammomanes ferruginea. 



Alauda ferruginea, Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. Aves, pi. 29 (1839) Bushman 



Flats. 



Ammomanes ferruginea, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 649 (1890) S. of 

 Orange B. ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 228 (1896) ; Nehrkorn, Kat. 

 Eiers. p. 135 (1899) egg; Stark, Faun. S. Afr. B. i. p. 200 (1900). 



Type. Above uniform rich cinnamon, the lesser upper wing-coverts like 

 the back ; remainder of wing dark brown, with broad cinnamon edges to the 

 median coverts, inner greater coverts and secondaries ; the dark portion of 

 the innermost secondary reduced to an angular shaft-band, the margins 

 on the outer greater secondaries gradually decreasing and fading into buff 

 and are almost entirely absent from the primaries ; under surface of the 

 wings uniform brown, with the coverts slightly mottled with buff edges. 

 Tail blackish brown, with the centre pair of feathers cinnamon, the latter 

 scarcely paler than the back and with narrow blackish shaft-stripes ; the 

 next pair with broad rufous edges ; penultimate feathers with partial narrow 

 edges of tawny buff, and the outer pair with nearly the whole outer web 

 tawny buff. Ear-coverts cinnamon like the back ; remainder of the face buff 

 mottled with black ; throat, sides of neck, and under surface of body, and 

 under tail-coverts white, with the lower throat and front of chest boldly 

 spotted with dark brown. "Iris dark brown; bill dark yellowish brown, 

 passing into dusky yellow towards the base of the lower mandible ; feet and 

 claws light yellowish brown" (Sir A. Smith). Total length 7'5 inches, 

 culmen 055, wing 4-0, tail 3'1, tarsus 1-15. 



The Ferruginous Desert-Lark inhabits the open country 

 to the south of the Orange river. 



