hij Mr. Claude Grant in Soalh Africa. 231 



Unlike the other South African members of the genus, it 

 usually perches on trees and bushes, and is not necessarily 

 found in rocky situations. At the Klein Letaba it was 

 commonly seen in the late afternoon drinking at the river 

 in company with Finches and Sparrows, flying up to the 

 trees after quenching its thirst, and cleaning and preening 

 its feathers in the last rays of the sun. The call is very 

 similar to that of F. capensis. 



The soft parts are : — Irides rich hazel ; bill, upper manddjle 

 dark horn-coloured, lower yellow ; legs and toes yello\vish 

 horn-coloured.] 



105. Fringillahja impetuani. 



CC. Port NoUoth, Sept. (2). 



[After the Central Cape Colony trip this little Rock- 

 Bunting was only found in Namaqualand, where it was 

 not plentiful, and in the North-Eastern Transvaal, where 

 a pair were observed on a rock-strewn hill-side near Wood- 

 bush village, in June 1905. Like F. capensis it frequents 

 rocky localities, and I have never seen it perch on trees or 

 bushes. 



The soft parts are : — Irides hazel ; bill slaty ; legs and 

 toes fleshy.] 



107. Eremopteryx verticalis. 

 CC. Klipfontcm, June, July (3). 



[This little Lark was only found in Namaqualand, where 

 it was by no means plentiful ; it was observed in small flocks 

 in sandy country. When disturbed the whole flock 

 rises, most of them uttering a short note, but never going 

 far. It is a sociable and tame little bird, being often seen 

 within a few yards of outbuildings. 



The soft parts arc: — Irides brown or grey-brown; bill 

 pearly white; legs and toes fleshy white.] 



108. Eremopteryx smithi. 



Tv. Pietersburg, Feb., Mch. (11); P. Tete, Aug. (3). 



[Smith's Lark Avas first noted in the North-Eastern 

 Transvaal, where numbers made their appearance (Feb. 23) 

 during the latter half of the rainy seascm on the open sandv 



