362 Dr. R. B. Sharpc on Birds 



114. Calendula crassirostris. 



Calendula crassirostris ( V.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 513 

 (1875-84); id. Cat. B. xiii. p. 639 (1890); Stark, Faun. 

 S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 202 (1900); Shelley, B. Afr. iii. p. 115 

 (1902). 



a. J juv. Declfontein, Feb. 28, 1902. Upper mandible 

 black, lower mandible flesh-coloured ; feet bluish white. 



b, c. (J ? ad. Declfontein, May 15-22, 1902. Iris hazel. 

 d, e. S ? ad. „ Aug. 21, 1902. 



f,g. S ? ad. „ Sept. 3, 19, 1902. 



//. <$ ad. „ Oct. 29, 1902. 



i. ? pull. „ Oct. 24, 1902. 



A nestling killed towards the end of October has a yellowish 

 abdomen, and the upper surface is prettily spangled with 

 white spots and fringes to the wing-coverts and secondaries. 

 A full-grown young male is moulting into its first winter 

 plumage on the 28th of February. 



[This Lark is found here all the year round, and is very 

 common; it is fond of sitting on the tops of black-thorn 

 trees and uttering a short call-note. The nest is built on 

 the veldt, and we fouud one within a yard of the nest of a 

 Kinged Plover; it was in rather an open spot, and consisted 

 merely of a depression in the ground, about an inch in 

 depth, lined with fine grass.] 



115. MlRAFRA RUFIPILEA. 



Mirafra rufipilea (V.); Sharpe, ed. Layard. p. 517 (1875- 

 81) ; id. Cat. B. xiii. p. 598 (1890) ; Stark, Faun. S. Afr., 

 Birds, i. p. 218 (1900) ; Shelley, B. Afr. iii. p. 46 (1902). 



a. ? juv. Deelfontein, April 1, 1901. 



11G. Mirafra x.kvia. 



Mirafra navia (Strickl.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, pp. 524, 851 

 (1875-84); id. Cat. B. xiii. p. 017; Stark, Faun. S. Afr., 

 Birds, i. p. 209 (1900) ; Shelley, B. Afr. iii. p. :3S, pi. xv. 

 fig. 2 (1900). 



a. 9 juv. Deelfontein, May 4, 1902. Iris hazel; feet 

 bluish fleshy; bill horny black, yellowish at gape. 



b. J ad. Deelfontein, Nov. (5, 1902. 



