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proposed for them the name of Mirafra bucolica, and 

 remarks that, although these forms are very similar, they are 

 positively distinct. 



The specimens agreeing best with the description given 

 by Heuglin, of Galerita modesta, I have seen, appear to be 

 the types of Heliocorys modesta giffardi, Hartert. These 

 were collected by Captain W. Giffard at Gambaga, and were 

 separated as a distinct subspecies solely from a comparison 

 of the types with the specimens in the British Museum 

 labelled " H. modesta," which after all belong to the true 

 Mirafra bucolica, Hartl. Yet, as I have already remarked, 

 I can find no definable character for their separation. 



The late Dr. Stark was led into the error of including 

 this species in the Fauna of South Africa owing to an im- 

 mature Lark from Clan William having the name " Heliocorys 

 modesta" written on the label. This specimen I have seen, 

 and describe below as the immature of Calendula crassirostris . 



Genus IX. CALENDULA. 



Very similar to Galerita, but differs in the bill being much stouter, 

 with the basal half of the lower mandible buff and sharply defined, and the 

 crest-feathers shorter and broader ; secondaries reaching to the tip of the 

 wing ; bastard-primary more than half an inch in length, but falling short 

 of the tip of the primary-coverts ; tarsi and feet of moderate size, the hind 

 claw long and very slightly curved. Plumage of upper parts brown, mottled 

 with dark centres to the feathers. 



Type. 



Calendula, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 292 (1837). . . . C. crassirostris. 



Calendula crassirostris. 



Alauda crassirostris, Vieill. N. Diet. i. p. 373 (1816) Ca2}e Col. 



Calendula crassirostris, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 639 (1890) Lt. Namaqua, 

 Cape Col. Orange B. Col. ; Kuschel, J. f. 0. 1895, p. 344, egg ; 

 Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 223 (1896) ; Nehrkorn, Kat. Eiers. p. 134 

 (1899) egg ; Stark, Faun. S. Afr. B. i. p. 202 (1900). 



