by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 257 



feeds l.'irgely on the seeds of grass. When flushed it utters 

 a sharp little call, btit seldom flies far. 



The soft parts are: — Irides hazel; bill, legs and toes fleshy 

 horn-colot\red.] 



12G. Tephrocorys cinerea. 



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

 June, July, Aug. (15) ; Port Nolloth, Aug. (4). 



An exauiiuatiou of the scries of Red-capped Larks in the 

 British Museum, together with tliose contained in the present 

 collection, leads me to the conclusion that we must dis- 

 tinguish two geographical races, a western paler and a more 

 rufous arul darker eastern and northern race. In the latter 

 the rufous patches on the sides of the chest and crown are 

 more extensive and of a richer shade, and often, though not 

 always, extend to the flanks, while the general coloration is 

 distinctly darker. 



Additional examples in the British Museum, which may 

 be fairly referred to the typical paler race, are from Deel- 

 f'ontein [Grant and Seinmnd), Little Namaqualand, and Cape 

 Town. 



128. Tephrocorys cinerea anderssoni. 



Tv. Pietersburg, Mch. (1). 



Of the darker race referred to above there is only one 

 example in the Grant collection ; it matches almost exactly 

 T. a7iderssoni, a cotype of which from Otjimbinque is in the 

 British Museum. 



There are other Larks in the collection from Colesberg, 

 Elands Post, and " British Kafll'raria" in C.C., from Kumma 

 in Bechuanaland, from the Orange Free State, Potchefstroom, 

 and Natal, as well as Angoniland and British East Africa, 

 which, I think, maybe referred to tins subspecies. 



[The Red-headed Lark was observed in Namaqualand, the 

 Cape Peninsula, and the South-Eastern and North-Eastern 

 Transvaal. I have only noticed it in flocks, often of con- 

 siderable numbers ; it usually frequents open and more or less 

 sandy country, where it feeds largely upon seeds, frequently 

 visiting native lands for the fallen grain after harvesting. 



