522 Major S. R. Clarke — Field-notes on 



legs pale flesh-coloured. This bird was common in large 

 nocks on the veldt in winter ; there were still large flocks 

 about in October. 



16. Calendula crassirostris. (223.) 

 Bloemfontein. Iris brown ; feet dull flesh-coloured ; bill 



horn-coloured above, pinkish below. This bird was a frequent 

 visitor to our horse-lines. 



17. Tephrocorys cinerea. (185.) 



Bloemfontein. This was the commonest Lark near Bloem- 

 fontein, and resorted to the burnt ground or the roadsides. 

 It is often killed by striking the telegraph-wires; one day 

 eighteen were found lying dead close together under them. 

 Early in October I found a nest with two eggs in it on 

 the bare ground. A little heap of dry clay-chips had been 

 collected by the old birds, and the centre of it was hollowed 

 out and lined. 



18. Fringillaria capexsis. (244.) 



Bloemfontein. Common among the kopjes. I found a 

 nest with young in it placed on the ground among some stones. 



19. Fringillaria tahapisi. (246.) 



Bloemfontein. Iris dark brown ; legs pale brownish 

 flesh-coloured ; bill — upper mandible horn-coloured in some 

 specimens (probably male), lower mandible yellow, in others 

 (probably female) lower mandible dull flesh-coloured. Very 

 local at Bloemfontein ; I found it only on one kopje, where, 

 however, it was abundant. It was quite common atlngogo. 



20. Fringillaria impetuani. (245.) 

 Bloemfontein. The only specimen of this bird seen was 



on the outskirts of the Modder Bush. 



21. Serinus canicollis. (280.) 

 Ingogo. 



22. Serinus marshalli. 



Serinus marshalli Shelley, B. Afr. iii. p. 199. 



Bloemfontein. Iris brown ; legs dark horn-coloured ; bill 

 horn-coloured above, shading to flesh-coloured below. Very 

 common. 



