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133. Certhilauda capensis. Cape Long-billed Lark. 



Alauda capensis, Bodd. Tall PI. Enl. p. 45 (1783). 



Alauda africana, Gm. Syst. Nat. i, p. 798 (1788). 



L'Alouette sirli, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. iv, pi. 192 (1805). 



Certhilauda africana, Gray, Gen. B. ii, p. 383 (1844) ; Smith, III. Zool. 



8. Afr. Aves, pi. 90. fig. 1 (1849) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 217 (1867). 

 Certhilauda capensis, Gray, Handb. B. ii, p. 120 (1870) ; Sharpe, 



P. Z. 8. 1874, p. 615 ; id', eel. Layard s B. 8. Afr. p. 494 (1884) ; id. 



Cat B. M. xiii, p. 514 (1890) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 13 (1896). 



Certhilauda capensis. 



Description. Adult male. Above, brown streaked with darker 

 brown, many feathers with white tips ; back of neck tinged with 

 grey ; wing-coverts dark brown tipped with white ; quills brown 

 edged with buff, the inner secondaries with white ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts reddish-grey streaked with brown ; tail-feathers dark 

 brown edged with fulvous, the outer edged and tipped with buff; 

 crown like the back ; eyebrow white ; in front of eye dusky, below 

 grey ; ear-coverts brownish ; cheeks white spotted with black ; chin 

 white ; rest of under surface pale buff, the lower throat and chest 

 marked with triangular spots of black ; under tail-coverts white 

 streaked with black ; axillaries and under wing-coverts buff; edge 

 of wing mottled brown and buff. 





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