880 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxiv. 
Ty2)e locality. — Cuffraria, South Africa. 
Geographical distribution.. — Cali'raria, South Africa. 
DeHcription. — " Top and sides of the head, chin, throat, and upper 
breast black, with a faint purplish gloss; ear-coverts tipped with pale 
brown; occiput, hind neck, interscapular region, smaller upper wing- 
coverts, and tail-coverts bright vinaceous cinnamon; outer and inner 
webs of all the quills brown, faintly margined and tipped with brown- 
ish grey; tail dark in-own, central pair and outer webs of lateral rec- 
trices paler brown; lower parts bright vinaceous cinnamon, spotted 
with brown on the breast and whitish along the middle of the abdomen. 
The bill is of the somewhat acute form of that of Otocorys hiloplia.'''' ^ 
This remarkably distinct species was discovered some twelve years 
ago by Mr. Hartert among the mounted birds of the Senkenberg 
Museum at Frankfort-on-the-Main, and the single specimen has 
remained unique. Although not examined in the present connection, 
it belongs without doubt to Otocoris., though in pattern and details of 
coloration it is very ditlerent from any other member of this group. 
Though apparently most closely allied to Otocoris penicillata penicil- 
lata, it differs from this as well as from all the other horned larks in 
the solid black throat, chin and forehead, cinnamomeous abdomen 
and lower tail-coverts, together with the brown outer web of the 
ninth primary. 
The only data accompan3dng the type specimen was a slip of paper 
fastened to the stand, and bearing the legend ^''Alaudaf Caffraria." 
As Mr. Hartert thinks, the bird probably came from the interior of 
South Africa, though there must of necessity be some doubt until 
additional examples shall have been secured from an unquestionable 
locality. 
^This quotation is taken from Mr. Hartert's article in the Ibis for 1892, pp. 522- 
523. The original description (Journ. fiir Orn., 1890, p. 103) is as follows: "Otocoris, 
jiileo toto, penicillis brevibus, regione ophthahnica et parotica, gutture pectoreqiie 
nigris; notaeo, corporis lateribus, subcaudalibus plus minusve pallide rutis; gastraeo 
medio sordide albido; remigibus fumosis, pogonio externo canescente, primae remigis 
pogonio externo non albo; cauda fumoso-nigricante, colore albo nullo." 
" Diese prachtvolle neue Ohrenlerche, die in ihrer Schnabel-gestalt mit Otocoris 
bilopha (Temm.) iibereinstimmt, in ihrer Grosse der 0. alpestris nahekommt, in der 
Fiirbung mit keiner der Ijekannten Arten Aenlichkeit hat, erlaube ich mir zu Ehren 
meines hochverehrten Freundes, Frhr. H. von Berlepsch * * * zu benennen." 
