200 PASSERES. 



1273. Mirafra sabota. 



Mirafra sabota, Smith, Rep. S. Afr. Exp. App. p. 47: 

 Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 645. 



Megalophonus chineanus, Gray, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 122 (nee 

 Smith). 



a S. Africa (Askew) 1840. 



1274. Mirafra nsevia. 



Alauda ncevia, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 152. 

 Mirafra ncevia, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 646. 

 a Damara-land (0. J. Andersson) 1852. 

 The type of this species. 



OTOCORYS. 

 Otocoris, Bonaparte, Faun. Ital. Ucc. fol. * * * * (1839). 



1275. Otocorys alpestris. 



Alauda alpestris, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 289. 



Otocorys alpestris, Newton, ed. Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 604 : Dres- 

 ser, B. Eur. 



Alauda cornuta, Wils. Am. Orn. i. p. 85, pi. 5, f. 4. 



a N. America (Thomas') 1843. b Siberia (7. F. Brandt) 

 1846. 



1276. Otocorys penicillata. 



Alauda penicillata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 126. 



Otocorys penicillata, Dresser, B. Eur. 



Otocoris longirostris, Moore, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 215, pi. 111. 



a N. India (Bt. at Stevens' s). b circa Nov. Alexacdrovna, 

 4 Mai 1840 (J. F. Brandt) 1846. 



b is marked by Prof. Brandt "Alauda alpestris, Linn. (-4. nivalis, 

 Pall.)." 



SECTION. OSCINES CULTRIROSTRES. 



FAMILY. ICTERID^E. 



OSTINOPS. 



Ostinops, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. i. p. 187 (1851). 



1277. Ostinops decumanus. 



Xanthornus decumanus, Pall. Spic. Zool. vi. p. 1, pi. 1. 



