ALAUDID.E ALJEMOX 229 



coverts with brown bases and rufous margins, quills ash-brown 

 edged with rufous ; tail-feathers brown edged with rufous ; eyebrow 

 and lores buff ; ear-coverts rufous ; cheeks and throat white with a 

 few specks of black ; rest of under surface white tinged with fulvous, 

 the breast, sides and flanks streaked with black ; under tail-coverts 

 rufous streaked with dark brown ; under wing-coverts isabelline- 

 white. 



Iris brown ; bill yellowish ; feet flesh-coloured. 



Length 8-00 ; wing 4-10 ; tail 3-60 ; tarsus 1-15 ; culmen 0-90. 



Alcemcni semitorquata. 



Adult male in winter. Above, pale sandy-brown, the feathers 

 edged with fulvous, the crown and upper back striped with black ; 

 hind -neck grey ; lower back and rump unstreaked ; wing-coverts 

 and quills brown with lighter edges ; ear-coverts sandy-brown ; 

 cheeks and throat white, unspotted ; under surface white, the breast 

 with a few triangular black spots. 



Adult female. Eesembles the adult male in plumage, but is 

 smaller, and has a much smaller bill. 



Length 7'50 ; wing 3-75 ; tail 3-00 ; tarsus 1-05 ; culmen 0-75. 



Distribution. South Africa : Eastern and Northern Cape Colony 

 to the Transvaal on the east, and through Great Namaqua and 

 Damara Lands to Benguela on the west. In Cape Colony this 



