194 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



Measurements of a male and a female : 



Male. Female, 



in. lin. in. lin. 



Entire length 5 7 ..... 6 4 



Length of folded wing ...32 31 



tarsus 10 10 



middle toe .... 6 6 



bill 08 7f 



[As this species has not been figured, and as Professor 

 Wahlberg's description of it will not be readily accessible to 

 many readers, I have here transcribed it : 



" Griseo-isabellina (immaculata) , subtus cum fronte lorisque 

 albida. Latera juguli fusco-maculata. Remiges pallide fuscae, 

 limbis externis isabellinis (l a et 2 a exceptis) l a -6 m apicem 

 versus saturations; 7 a et seqq. apicibus subcordatis, albidis. 

 Rectrices 2 intermediae isabellinae ; laterales nigro-fuscae, basi, 

 margine exteriore apiceque albidae. Rem. l a spuria; 2 a -5 m fere 

 sequales. 6 . Rostr. a fr. 13*5 millim. ; alt. rostri ante nares 5 ; 

 ala 84; cauda 50; tars. 21; dig. med. c. ungue 15'5; pollex c. 

 ungue 14*5. $ . R. a fr. 12 mm.; alt. rostri ante nares 4; ala 

 78; cauda 50; tars. 20; dig. med. p. u. 15; poll. c. u. 12." 

 ED.] 



237. Alauda erythrochlamys, Strickl. Rufous-mantled Lark. 



Alauda erythrochlamys, Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Contr. 



Orn. 1852, p. 151. 

 Sharpe's Cat. No. 685. 



[I am uncertain whether Mr. Andersson's note under the 

 head of f ' Alauda erythrochlamys " really refers to that species ; 

 and as he appears himself to have been doubtful on the point, 

 I have not transcribed it. I have only seen two examples of 

 this Lark, one of them being Mr. Strickland's type specimen, 

 now preserved in the Museum of Zoology at Cambridge, and 

 the other a specimen which was also obtained by Mr. Andersson 

 in Damara Land, and is now in the possession of Mr. R. B. 

 Sharpe. 



As this species has not been figured, and Messrs. Strickland 





