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229. Anthus Raaltenii, Temm. ; Licht. Cat., 1842, 



p. 54. 



LARK-LIKE ; above variegated, very dark hair-brown and 

 yellow- browa, the latter colour being on the edges of the 

 feathers; tail dark hair-brown, outer feather on each side 

 white ; the next white, with half the inner web brown ; 

 under parts light-yellow buff; breast streaked with dark 

 umber-brown. Length, 5" ; wing, 2" &" ; tail, 1" 11'". 



The only specimens of this bird that I have seen came from Messrs. 

 Cairncross and Atmore, of Swellendam. The latter has forwarded the 

 eggs, which are three in number, white, and profusely freckled with 

 darkish, grey-brown markings : axis, 10"' ; diam., 7'". He observes 

 that in habits A . Raaltenii resembles the "wagtails, running swiftly 

 along the ground, snapping at insects." 



230. AnthUS Oaflfer, Sundevall ; Mus. Holm. \ 



ABOVE, brown, the edges of the feathers being a dirty nankia, 

 imparting to the bird a mottled appearance; rump tinged 

 with rufous ; eyebrows, clear bright nankin ; a series of 

 dark-brown spots form a moustache on each side of the chin, 

 which is dirty white; under side, rufous- nankin, and, with the 

 exception of the breast, which is mottled with brown spots, 

 immaculate ; outer tail-feathers, with the outer web, and a 

 considerable portion of the inner web, clear nankin ; central 

 pair edged with the same, as are also the feathers of the 

 wings ; eyes brown. Length, 6J" ; wing, 3J" ; tail, 3". 



Hare ; but widely distributed. I have received it from Kuruman 

 and Swellendam, and shot a single specimen on the Cape Flats. The 

 stomach of this last contained seeds and the shells of Succinea Dela- 

 landi. I killed it near a vley. 



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231. Anthus Lineiventris, Sundevall. . 



ABOVE, dull-brown, with a greenish tinge, darkest on the 

 centre of the feathers ; eyebrow nankin ; chin white, slightly 

 speckled at the angles of the bill ; under parts ashy-brown, 

 minutely lineated down the shaft of each feather ; wing and 

 tail feathers dark-brown, faintly bordered with the ashy- 

 brown of the breast, of which colour also is a triangular spot 

 at the apex of the inner web of the exterior tail-feathers. 

 Length, 7f ; wing, 3J" ; tail, 3". 



A solitary specimen of this bird was received from Mr. Arnot, at 

 Colesberg. 



