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and a portion of throat, marked with indistinct brown lines ; 

 tail brown, the outer vanes of lateral feathers and both the 

 vanes of the middle ones edged with pale rufous yellow. 

 Length 8 inches. Inhabits the eastern province of the 

 colony and the country immediately about the Orange River. 



Genus EMBEKIZA. Lin. 



Emberiza Tahapisi. Head and throat black, the former with 

 seven longitudinal white stripes; one from base of mandible to 

 centre of nape, and three on each side ; body above light brown, 

 dashed with dark brown ; beneath light cinnamon brown ; tail 

 dark brown, the outermost feather of each side tipt and edged 

 with pale rufous. Length 5J inches. Inhabits the country 

 towards the sources of Vaal River. 



Emberiza Impetuani. Above light brown, the centres of 

 feathers black-brown ; chin and throat rusty white ; breast, 

 belly, vent, and under tail coverts, pale rufous ; quills brown, 

 outer vanes of primaries narrowly edged with pale rufous, 

 the secondaries broadly, with chesnut ; tail slightly forked, 

 feathers dark brown, edged and tipt with rufous. Length. 

 5J inches. Inhabits the country between the Nu Gariep 

 and Tropic. 



Some years ago I found specimens of this Species inhabiting the 

 arid districts of Little Namaqualand. It will belong to one of the 

 aberrant Subgenera. 



Sub-genus ZONOTEICHIA. Sw. 



Zonotrichia africana. Above black-brown, feathers broadly 

 margined with rufous ; chin white ; throat and breast pale 

 rufous, marked with stripes of dark brown ; middle of belly 

 white ; quills dark brown, outer edges towards base dark 

 chesnut, inner edges pale rufous ; tail rounded, the two 

 outermost feathers of each side white, the second with a brown 

 stripe in the course of the shaft near the point, the intermediate 

 ones dark brown, the two middle ones edged with light rufous. 

 Length 5 inches. Lives amongst the grass, both to the north 

 and south of Kurrichaine. 



Genus. MEGALOTIS.* Sw. 



Megalotis verticalis. Head, neck, and under parts, black-brown ; 

 ears, top of head, nuchal collar, and a spot in front of each 

 wing, white ; interscapulars and back grey-brown, the feathers 

 towards quills brown ; tail slightly forked, the outermost 

 feather of each side brown towards the base of the inner vane, 

 elsewhere white, Length 4| inches. Inhabits the country 

 on both sides of the Orange River. 



* It is possible Mr. Swainson may have altered the title of this 

 Genus, it having been previously employed by llliger to designate a 

 Sub-genuain the Mammalia. 



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