200 ALAUDID^E AMMOMANES 



In the " Ibis " for 1878, p. 298, the same observer remarks, re- 

 garding two males of this species, " shot November 2, on the rocky 

 ranges near Potchefstroom." " Rises a short distance, and utters a 

 prolonged ' whew ' whilst descending. The stomach of one of these 

 specimens contained insects." 



Ammomanes ferruginea. 

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 111.^ Ammomanes ferruginea, Ferruginous Lark. 



Alauda ferruginea, Smith, III. Zool, 8. Afr. pi. 29 (1839) ; Layard, B. 



S. Afr. p. 208 (1867). 

 Ammomanes ferruginea, Sharpe, ed. La-yard's B. S. Afr. p. 504 (1884) ; 



id. Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 649 (1890) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 17 (1896). 



Description. Adult. Like A. erythrochlamys but larger and of 

 a much darker rufous ; the flanks ash- coloured, the breast and 

 flanks streaked with black ; under wing-coverts lead-colour. 



Iris dark brown ; bill yellowish-brown ; legs and feet light 

 yellowish-brown . 



Length 7-50 ; wing 4-10 ; tail 3'20 ; tarsus 1-20 ; culmen 0-70. 



Distribution. Northern Cape Colony bordering on the Orange 

 Biver. 



Habits. Sir Andrew Smith gives the following account of this 

 Lark : " The extensive plains immediately to the southward of the 

 Orange Kiver, commonly called the Bushman Flats, form the 

 favourite habitat of this Lark. It is a wild bird, manifesting con- 

 siderable suspicion at the appearance of man, and unless in the 



