52 Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 



C(niutry arouud Pietersbvirg. It was not again seen till 

 Tete wns reached, where numbers were observed in August 

 on the sandy rock-strewn country bordering the Zambesi 

 River near that town. In actions, call, and habits this Lark 

 resembles the other members of the group. 



The soft parts ore : — Irides bright hazel ; bill pearly or 

 bluisli white ; legs and toes purplish.] 



112. Calendula crassirostris. 



CC. Durban Road, Mch. (3); Klipfontein, Apl., May, 

 June, July (10) ; Port Nolloth, Aug. (3). 



Mr. Grant thought that he could distinguish a Cape race 

 from that of Namaqualand and even of Deelfontein^ but the 

 Cape examples from Durban Road were all taken in INIarch, 

 and had hardly finished their moult, so that the wings and 

 tails appear unusually short. 



My measurements seem to shew that the culmen of both 

 the Namaqualand and Cape birds averages larger than in 

 those from Deelfontein, but hardly sufficiently so for distin- 

 guishing two races. 



[This Lark was found at the Cape Peninsula and in 

 Namaqualand. It frequents singly or in pairs more or less 

 open sandy localities or cultivated lands, and spends most 

 of its time on the ground in search of grain and various 

 seeds. 



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

 and tip of lower dark blackish horn-coloured, base of lower 

 AAhitish horn-coloured ; legs and toes pale slate-coloured.] 



Meteronyx Runni. (Text-figure 9.) 



C. Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xxi. p. Ill (July 11, 

 1908). 



Tv. Wakkerstroom, Feb. (1). 



A single example of this curious Lark was obtained in the 

 South-Eastcrn Transvaal, and was described as the type 

 of a new geiuis by Grant, 



It resembles Mirufra in every respect — in the form of tlie 

 beak, the exposed nostrils, the shape of the wing, and the 

 length of the outer primary, but can be at once recognised 



