346 Zoological Society. 



62. "W. Passer simplex, Licht. (Pyrgita swainsoni, Riipp.) 



63. Emberiza striolata, Rupp. 



64. Galerida cristata (Linn.)? This is probably the bird so desig- 

 nated by Ruppell, who states it to be abundant in the whole of N. 

 Africa. It precisely agrees with European specimens in form, but is 

 of a much paler colour, which however may be easily explained by 

 the bleaching effect of the sun's rays in the scorching deserts which 

 this bird frequents. 



65. N. Mirafra cordofanica, Strickland, n. s. Above fer- 

 ruginous, the feathers of the crown and back with an indistinct 

 medial dusky streak, and margined on their inner side with rusty 

 white ; tertials broadly margined with whitish, that colour being sepa- 

 rated from the ferruginous of the medial portion by a narrow dusky 

 line ; secondaries ferruginous, margined externally with whitish ; pri- 

 maries ferruginous at the base, their distal half being pale rufo-fus- 

 cous ; medial pair of rectrices ferruginous, the next pair pale rufo- 

 fuscous, the two following pairs deep fuscous, with a very narrow 

 rufescent margin, the penultimate pair deep fuscous internally ; the 

 external web, and part of the inner at the tip, white ; external pair 

 white, the inner web fuscous towards the base ; cheeks pale rufo- 

 fuscous, chin and throat white, breast and lower parts pale cream- 

 colour, the former with a few pale rufo-fuscous subtriangular spots ; 

 lower wing-covers and sides rufescent ; beak, feet and claws pale yel- 

 lowish. 



Total length, 5^ inches ; beak to front, \, to gape, -^ ; wing, 3^ ; 

 medial and external rectrices, 2-^ ; tarsus, ^ ; middle toe and claw, 

 -^ ; hind toe, ^ ; hind claw, ^. 



This, which seems to be a typical Mirafra, is remarkable for the 

 predominance of a pure ferruginous tint on its upper parts. The hind 

 claw is remarkably short, though not more so than in some of the 

 Indian species of Mirafra. The single specimen that occurred of 

 this bird is now in the British Museum. 



66. Alauda erythropygia, Strickland, n. s. Upper parts deep 

 fuscous brown, the feathers narrowly margined with rufo-fulvous ; 

 upper tail-covers ferruginous ; remiges deep fuscous, almost black on 

 both webs, secondaries narrowly tipped with pale fulvous ; tail fuscous 

 black, the middle rectrices narrowly margined with ferruginous, the 

 bases of all ferruginous, extending obliquely nearly to the tips of the 

 outer pair. Lower parts pale fulvous, the chin, throat and breast 

 with a broad medial fuscous streak on each feather ; lower wing-covers 

 black, margins of wing fulvous ; beak fuscous ; legs flesh-colour ; hind 

 claw short and slightly curved. 



Length 7% inches ; beak to front, ^, to gape, |i ; wing, A\ ; me- 

 dial and external rectrices, 3 ; tarsus, 1 ; hind claw, ^. 

 Hah. Kordofan. 



67. W. Colius macrurus, Linn. (C. senegalensis, Gm.) 



68. W. Tockus erythrorhynchus (Kuhl). 



69. W. Palceornis torquatus, Vig. (P. cubieularis, Wagl.) This 

 species, which extends across Africa from Abyssinia to Senegal, is 

 identical with specimens from India. 



