156 FRINGILLARTA CAPENSIS. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



a. No white on lower back ; crop not more 

 rufous than the abdomen, 

 a^. No rufous on the under surface of wings. 

 a". Under parts paler and more ashy; 

 throat white. 

 fl3. No dusky streaks on crop or flanks . capensis, ad, '"'^ 

 b^. Some dusky streaks on crop or flanks . capensis, juv. 

 h^. Under parts darker and yellower ; throat 



sandy yellow reidi. n.sp. \ y j 



ii. Some rufous on under surface of wings. 

 c'^. No white or black on head or throat. 



c^. South Africa impetuani, ad. ' ■^'f 



r/3. Northern Africa striolata, juv. | 



d". Head striped with black and white in ' 



adults. 

 e^. Crop black like the throat, with hoary 

 white or pale brown edges to the 



feathers striolata, ad. i / , 



/^. Crop cinnamon, like the breast and 

 under tail-coverts. 

 a*. More rufous on quills, this colour 

 extending entirely across the inner 



web of the first primary .... septemstriata. \ {, x^ 

 h*. Less rufous on quills; this colour 

 (when present) never entirely 

 crossing the inner web of the first 



primary tahapisi. ' t <<: 



b. Some white on lower back ; crop strongly 

 washed with rufous ; chin, upper throat, 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts huffy white . socotrana. ' fe S 



Fringillaria capensis. 



Emberiza capensis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 310 (1766) Ca2]e. 



Fringillaria capensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 565 (1888) pt. 

 Damara, Cape Totem, Mossel Bay ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 244 

 (1896) ; Nehrkorn, Kat. Eiers. p. 113 egg ; Stark, Faun. S. Afr. B. 

 i. p. 187 (1900). 



Emberiza cafl'rariensis, Staph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 18 (1826) S. Afr. 



Fringillaria vittata, Swains. An. in Menag. p. 315 (1837) S. Afr. 



