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interscapulars whitish towards tips ; chin white ; rest of 

 under parts a pale cream colour, the lower portion of throat 

 and anterior portion of breast with brown streaks ; eyebrows 

 white ; quills brown edged with reddish white ; tail slightly 

 forked, dark brown, the two centre feathers edged and tipt 

 with yellow rufous, the lateral ones tipt with white, and the 

 outer vanes edged with pale tawny, except the outermost on 

 each side which is white. Length 7J inches. Inhabits the 

 country beyond Latakoo. 



This will form the type of a Sub-genus in the group with naked 

 nostrils. 



Genus MIEAFEA. Horsf. 



Mirafra africana. Front and crown black-brown, feathers 

 faintly edged with dull white ; nape chesnut, the centres of 

 feathers dark brown ; eyebrows white ; upper part of body 

 pale rufous ; with the centres of feathers black-brown ; chin 

 white ; throat, breast, and belly, pale rufous yellow, the former 

 mottled with brown stripes ; outer and inner vanes of quills 

 to wards bases chesnut,elsewhere dark brown ; tail dark brown, 

 the outer vanes of the two outermost feathers white. Length 

 7 inches. Inhabits the eastern province of the colony and the 

 country as far as Latakoo. 



Mirafra africanoides. Head above, interscapulars, and back, 

 rufous with dark brown streaks ; eyebrows white ; nape, and 

 backandsides of neck, light rufous yellow with brown stripes; 

 beneath rusty white, the chin and middle of belly nearly pure 

 white, the anterior part of breast with a few brown stripes ; 

 quills chesnut towards bases, brown towards tips ; tail dark 

 brown, the outermost feather of each side edged with white, 

 the two middle ones with pale rufous. Length 6 inches. 

 Inhabits the eastern province of the colony and the country 

 towards Latakoo. 



Mirafra Sabota. Top of head dark brown, feathers margined 

 with tawny yellow ; eyebrows white ; upper parts of body 

 pale rufous, the middle of each feather dark brown ; 

 beneath rusty white, the lower part of throat tinted with 

 pale rufous and spotted with brown ; tail slightly forked, 

 feathers dark brown margined with pale rufous, the outer- 

 most of each side with white. Length 5 inches. Inhabits 

 the country between Latakoo and the Tropic. 



Genus CEETHILAUDA. Sw. 



Certhilauda semitorquata. Top of head and upper parts of body, 

 rufous ; feathers in the course of shafts dark brown ; half 

 collar on back of neck, immediately in front of interscapulars, 

 obscure grey, streaked with brown ; chin and throat white ; 

 breast and belly tawny white : the anterior part of former 



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