by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 25.1 



by the long hind toe and claw, measuring in the single example 

 12 4- 19 = 31 mm. in all. In M. cheniana, a bird of about 

 the same size, the hind toe and claw measure 7 + 7=14 mm. 

 The following is a further description of this interesting 

 bird : — Above dusky, most of the feathers edged with pale 

 tawny ; a narrow band of pale tawny down the centre of the 

 crown, and a good deal of rufous tawny across the neck ; 

 primaries edged with pale rufous, and with a paler rufous 

 edging along the webs on the lower surface ; tail just moulted, 

 but apparently with the light pattern of the outer feather 



Text-fifr. 9. 



Foot of Heteronyx rnddi, to shew the loug hind toe and claw. 



white ; below tawny whitish, quite white on the throat, and 

 with dusky streaks on the breast; lores and ear-coverts as 

 beneath ; under wing-coverts very pale tawny, almost white. 

 Hind claw quite straight for the first three-quarters of its 

 length, beyond which it is slightly downcurved. 



[lludd^s Long-clawed Lark was found in the open grass- 

 country around Wakkerstroom ; the specimen sent, the only 

 one observed, was shot running on the ground. 



Irides deep brown ; bill^ upper mandible pale horn-brown, 

 lower yellow-horn-coloured ; legs and toes fleshy.] 



119. MiRAFRA AFRICANA. 



Z. Umfolosi Station, July, Aug., Sept. (5) ; P. Coguno, 

 Sept. (3). 



[This remarkable Lark was only found in the low country 

 of Zululand and again in the Inhambane district of the 



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