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b^. More rufous on the flanks. Autumn 



moult, possibly the first moult . type of anderssoni. 



b^. Forehead more dusky brown, contrasting 



with the crown ; a patch of black on the 



sides of the lower throat. 



C-. Larger and darker ; wing 3'55, tarsus 



0'8; black neck-patch larger and well 



marked ; edges of feathers of back and 



wings not sandy buff ruficeps. 



d^. Smaller and paler ; wing 32, tarsus 0-75 ; 

 black neck-patch hardly distinguishable ; 

 edges of feathers of the back and wings 



sandy buff blanfordi. 



, Crown and sides of crop blackish ; upper parts 

 with numerous white spots (Young). 



Tephrocorys cinerea. 



Alauda cinerea, Gm. S. N. i. p. 798 (1788). 



Tephrocorys cinerea, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 633 ; Biittik. Notes Leyd. 

 Mus. 1888, p. 241 Humpata ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 561 (1890) 

 Little Namaqualand, Gape Toion, Natal, Transvaal ; id. Ibis, 1891, 

 p. 260 Kikuyu ; Distant, Naturl. Transvaal, p. 168 (1892) Pretoria; 

 Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. 1893, p. 164 Galanga ; Kuschel, J. f. 0. 1895, 

 p. 344 egg ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 185 (1896) ; Nehrkorn, Kat. 

 Eiers. p. 132 (1899) egg; Jackson, Ibis, 1899, p. 624 Naiwasha ; 

 Stark, Faun. S. Afr. B. i. p. 222 (1900) ; Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 243 

 Mashona ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1900, p. 47 Athi River. 



Alauda spleniata, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 152 Damara. 



Tephrocorys spleniata, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 563 (1890) ; Shelley, 

 B. Afr. I. No. 186 (1896) ; Stark, Faun. S. Afr. B. i. p. 223 (1900). 



Megalophonus anderssoni, Tristram, Ibis, 1869, p. 434 Otjimbinqm ; 

 Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 634. 



Tephrocorys anderssoni, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 564 (1890) Otjlm- 

 binque; SheUey, B. Afr. I. No. 188 (1896) ; Stark, Faun. S. Afr. B. i. 

 p. 224 (1900). 



Megalophonus ruficeps (nee Riipp.), Fisch. J. f. O. 1885, p. 137 Naiwaslm. 



Adult male. Crown uniform bright chestnut, a few of the feathers 

 narrowly edged with buff; back mottled with pale rufous tinted ashy brown 

 and broad dark centres to the feathers ; lower back nearly uniform and 

 shading into cinnamon on the upper tail-coverts, the larger ones of which 

 have dark brown angular centres ; wing dark brown, with the least coverts 

 pale brown and the other feathers edged with pale rufous-shaded brown, 



