from Deelfontein, Cape Colony. 3G1 



flunks. This form holds au intermediate position between 

 the two previous species, and may be called A. bradshawi, 

 sp. nnv. 



There is another very pale vinous form from Daroara- 

 land, with a few scanty spots on the fore-neck, and very 

 pale under surface, which is almost white. It is easily 

 distinguished by its pale colour from A. semitorquata, and 

 may be called A. damarensis, sp. now 



Lastly, the Benguela bird also seems to be different, having 

 a general resemblance to A. damarensis beneath, but with 

 the head ashy brown like the hind-neck and with distinct 

 longitudinal shaft-stripes of blackish brown, whereas in 

 A. damarensis the head is pale vinous like the back, and 

 there are scarcely any shaft-streaks. It seems to me to 

 be worthy of a name, and I propose to call it A. benguel- 

 easis, sp. now 



[Very common and found all the year round, but never in 

 flocks ; it was generally met with at the rocky foot of a kopje, 

 and occurred in pairs. It is called by the Boers " Spring-bok 

 Couster/' from its habit of jumping up into the air when 

 feeding.] 



113. Tephrocorys cinerea. 



Tephrocorys cinerea (Gm.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, pp. 511, 

 851 (1875-84) ; id. Cat. B. xiii. p. 561 (1890) ; Stark, Faun. 

 S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 222 (1900) ; Shelley, B. Afr. iii. p. 123 

 (1902). 



a, b. <$ ; c, d. ? ad. et imm. Deelfontein, Feb. 12-14, 

 1902. 



e,/- 8 ; g, h, i. ? ad. Deelfontein, March 8, 1902. 



/•. S ad. Deelfontein, March 23, 1902. 



All these specimens are either moulting or have just freshly 

 moulted into winter plumage, when the appearance is very 

 much that of a Calandrella : the chest is uniform ashy 

 brown or shews a few streaks on the fore-neck. The chest- 

 nut patch on the side of the chest is obscured by ashy brown 

 and the bill is pale. In the breeding-season the bill becomes 

 entirely black. 



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