206 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



quite even or very slightly rounded ; lateral toes small, 

 equal ; all the claws small and short. 



410. Fringillaria Flaviventris, vieiL ; Ency. 



Meth., p. 929 ; Emberiza Capensis, Gml, var. p, PI., 

 Enl., 664, f. 2; E. Xanthogaster, Steph.; E. Flavt- 

 gastra, Rupp. Atlas., t. 25 ; E. Quinquevittata, Licht. ; 

 % Frin. Bicincta, Forst; Frin. Capensis, Swain., Nat. 

 Lib., VoL 11, PI. 18, p. 211. 



HEAD black, with seven white stripes ; plumage above varied 

 with rufous and grey ; beneath bright-yellow ; chin, vent, 

 and tips of lateral tail-feathers, pure white. Length, 5" 6'" .; 

 wing, 2" &'". 



" JSTatal," Sir W. Jardine and Mr. Gurney (Ibis Vol. 1) ; " Dama- 

 raland," Andersson, Chapman, and Kisch. 



411. Fringillaria Capensis. (L.) Harti. 



W. Af., p. 152 ; Emberiza Capensis, Linn., PI. Enl. 

 158, f. 2 ; E. Erythroptera, Ternm., PI., Enl. 664, f. 1 ; 

 Cape Bunting, Shaw, Vol. 9, Pt. 2, p. 372 ; Em. 

 Caffrariensis, Steph. ; Passerina Capensis, Vieil. 



TOP of head and neck, dirty- grey, variegated with black ; 

 sides of head and chin, dirty- white, marked with two black 

 streaks, one passing through the eye, the other beneath ; 

 under parts, dirty yellowish- white ; lesser wing-covers rufous ; 

 greater covers, quills, and tail dusky, with the margins 

 rufous ; iris hazel. Length, 5J"; wing, 2" 10'" ; tail, 2J". 



Mr. Atmore procured this pretty species at Meiring's Poort, where 

 he met with it " in small flocks of four or five individuals,' 1 probably 

 family parties. With this exception, I have not seen it from any other 

 place in the colony. Mr. Andersson has it from Damaraland. 



412. Fringillaria Impetuani, Smith, Append. 



to Kept, of Expd., p. 48 ; Fringillaria Anthoides, 

 Swains. An. in Menag., p. 316. 



COLOURED like a lark ; above isabella, striped with brown ; 

 beneath paler and immaculate ; above the eye, and beneath 

 the ears, a pale stripe ; outer edge of the secondaries, and 

 inner edge of all the quills, rufous ; a dark stripe behind the 

 eye ; throat inclining to dusky- white ; belly and vent almost 

 white ; wings and tail brown. Length, 5f" ; wing, 2" 8J'"; 

 tail, 2". 



" Inhabits South Africa." Swains, loc. cit. j also Hartl., Orn. W. 

 Af.,p. 152. 



